Grenades 'caused Beslan tragedy'

[Eugene]

(BBC News)

Last Updated: Tuesday, 29 August 2006, 09:21 GMT 10:21 UK

Grenades 'caused Beslan tragedy'

A Russian investigator has said grenades fired by surrounding Russian forces
could have triggered the Beslan school bloodbath in September 2004.

Yuri Savelyev's conclusions contradict the official view that bombs planted
by the hostage-takers in the school gym went off just before the gun battle.

Mr Savelyev is a member of the Russian parliamentary commission investigating
the siege, in which 331 people died.

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Blast evidence

In an interview with Moscow Echo radio on Monday, Mr Savelyev, a weapons and
explosives expert, said that during the investigation, he "discovered that the
consequences of those blasts could not at all be explained by the explosions
of the home-made devices installed by the rebels".

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Full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5294548.stm

[Kagemusha]

1. Maybe this doesn't register in Russian but

in English, there's a substantial difference between "triggered" and "caused". The two should not be confused.

[thereismore]

2. In other words, the security forces bombed the hell out of that school?