More intl humanitarian aid comes to Beslan
ITAR-TASS News Agency
September 8, 2004 Wednesday
MOSCOW, September 8 — Humanitarian supplies from all parts of the
world continue to arrive in the North Ossetian town of Beslan.
An An-12 plane brought from Azerbaijan five tonnes of medicines,
Russia’s Emergencies Ministry told Itar-Tass on Wednesday.
Two hundred kilograms of donor blood were delivered from Armenia.
Some 50 tonnes of relief supplies have been brought to Beslan over
the past three days. These include medicines, IT and burn-treatment
equipment and X-ray units, the Ministry said.
Planes with humanitarian supplies from Norway and Greece are expected
to land at the Beslan airport within the next few hours, spokesman
for North Caucasian regional border department Sergei Livantsov said.
Bishop Feofan of Stavropol and Vladikavkas called upon the clergy
and secular authorities to build a temple, on whose walls the names
of the Beslan victims should be inscribed.
The bishop arrived in Beslan on the first day of the hostage taking
drama and has remained there since, officiating at funerals.
Regional lawmakers donated their one-day wage to the victims’
relatives. They urged their colleagues from local self-rule bodies
to follow suit.
