http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/02/russia.school/index.htmlBESLAN, Russia (CNN) -- Two loud explosions have jolted the area of the school where armed hostage-takers have been holding more than 350 children, parents and teachers in southern Russia.
Authorities said the explosions were caused by grenades fired from hand-held launchers from inside the school.
Authorities said negotiators contacted the attackers via cell phone and the hostage-takers said they fired because they claimed there was troop movement near the building.
CNN Correspondent Ryan Chilcote was reporting live, describing the first explosion when the second blast went off.
"There's been another large explosion," said Chilcote, who was a couple of hundred meters away when the blasts occurred. "The situation has turned chaotic here."
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