The death toll from the siege at a school in southern Russia has been put at more than 200, according to a report quoting the north Ossetian health ministry.
The Russian emergency ministry has said that 704 people, including 259 children, were hospitalised following the siege.
While a Kremlin aide has said there may have been as many as 1,200 hostages inside the school, 70% of them children.
Army officials at the siege in Beslan said that it was likely that all the militants involved had been killed or captured, despite earlier reports suggesting that some militants were still at large.
Meanwhile, the Russian authorities have so far identified the bodies of 95 people who were killed in the siege in north Ossetia, according to the Federal Security Service (FSB).
Interfax earlier quoted the FSB as saying that 20 of the gunmen, of whom ten were of Arab descent, had been killed.
Journalists have reported seeing up to 100 bodies lying in the gymnasium of the school.
ITV news reporter Julian Manyon said his cameraman got a brief glimpse of the gym. 'There were a large number of corpses lying on the smouldering floor,' reported Manyon.
The Interfax agency reported that some of the people were killed when the school's roof caved in during the standoff.
Russian special forces had moved into the school at Beslan this morning. They say they were forced to enter the building when the gunmen started firing indiscriminately.
