9 Armenians out of the 33 taken hostage by terrorists in Beslan town of North Ossetia on September 1 were killed. 5 of them were children, said head of the Armenian Consulate General in the Southern Federal District of Russia Ararat Gomtsian. At the same time he emphasized that the information is preliminary and it will be renewed. It should be reminded that according to official data, resulting from the act of terrorism 336 were killed and 400 were wounded, half of them being children.