Once again, it seems like the relatives of the victims of the Beslan school siege will come away dissatisfied in their quest for the truth in exactly what happened when Russian forces assaulted the school. While many blame the Chechen Rebels for the siege, questions remain on how they were able to get to the school and how botched the response of Russian security forces was. They are not necessarily blaming the security forces for assaulting the school, but rather the manner in which they did it. Some relatives and one of the groups formed to seek out answers in the Beslan aftermath, the Beslan Mothers? Committee, believes that there has been a cover-up of the facts.

Added to their strife is that with the exception of one hostage taker on trial (the rest were all allegedly killed), it is not likely that the survivors will get justice against all the planners responsible for the siege. While Chechen warlord, Shamil Baseyev (Intel Report), has claimed responsibility, it is likely he would rather be killed than taken alive by Russian security forces. Beslan is just one of a long list of crimes the Russian government could prosecute him on. So, with the specter of immediate justice rather far on the horizon, the anger over the attack has spilled over to the government response. Neither the trial of the surviving hostage-taker nor the parliamentary inquiry has managed to explain the chain of events during the Beslan siege and its aftermath.