It was a really bad situation. You have suicide/murderers armed to the teeth willing to die in order to murder.
The Russians had a really tough situation. It might could have been handled better but who really knows?
That court ought to have those Chechens take them hostage and see what they think is appropriate force.
I read a detailed account of the Beslan school siege. It was horrific .... kids/teachers were drinking their own urine, little girls were being taken off by terrorists & raped. The Russians were desperate to end it and the parents were desperate for it to end as well. I think it’s a situation where you do what you think you need to do at the time - 20-20 hindsight is always going to result in criticisms. Same thing happened with Columbine ... now tactics have changed with police trying to get in as soon as possible rather than waiting.
The parents, in their grief, want someone to blame. The ultimate blame lies with the Islamic terrorists for without them, none of this would have happened. My biggest fear regarding terrorists in this country is an American “Beslan”.
It was a horrible situation. Google “beslan massacre photos” and people will see that many of the kids who were carried out of the building were completely or partially naked. They were being systematically abused inside. The Beslan event was a miniature version of what happens to whole societies when Islamic invaders conquer.