Beslan

In 2004, she hoped to help resolve the crisis in Beslan, where heavily armed militants held hostages in a school for three days.

However, she never made it there - she was poisoned on the plane while en route to Beslan.

Her rise to prominence came in 2004, when she reported on the Beslan school siege by Chechen militants.

It’s 20 years today since the siege ended suddenly in devastating explosions, but I can still hear the wailing of Beslan’s mothers; the grief that rolled over the town in waves.

In 2004, the suffering of Beslan was felt all over Russia and resonated all over the world.