[Beslan, Russia; September 1. Image via Getty]

A woman mourns inside the Beslan school gymnasium on September 1, 2009 while commemorating the fifth anniversary of the 2004 terrorist hostage takeover that took the lives of over 330 people, including 186 children. Five years on, Russian authorities have not learnt from the Beslan hostage siege, survivors of one of Russia's worst massacres in recent memory said as they marked its grim anniversary. AFP PHOTO / KAZBEK BASAYEV (Photo credit should read KAZBEK BASAYEV/AFP/Getty Images)

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