MOSCOW - A group of hostages broke out of a school in southern Russia where militants were holding hundreds of people captive Friday, a news agency reported, after two loud explosions were heard and Russian commandos opened fire in the direction of the building.
Heavily armed soldiers were seen racing toward the school, which is cordoned off and out of sight from an area where relatives have gathered to await word on the fate of their loved ones.
It was impossible to immediately verify the report of the breakout, carried by Russia's Interfax news agency. On Thursday, the militants inside the school had released some 26 of the hundreds of hostages held inside the building since Wednesday.
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