Twenty hostage-takers reported killed
BESLAN, Russia (CNN) -- Hundreds of people held hostage at a school in southern Russia fled to safety Friday, but scores are reported dead as pitched battles continue between troops and hostage-takers.
Reports said the hostages may have numbered as many as 1,200 and that 70 percent of them were children.
It was not clear whether several children and others, who were being held by a remnant of the hostage-taker hours after the school was stormed, were still in captivity.
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