Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday fired the interior minister of North Ossetia and head of the local security service, a week after the bloody school hostage-taking in the Caucasus republic, the Kremlin press service said.

• 据克里姆林宫新闻发言人称，在别斯兰人质事件一周后，俄罗斯总统普京周六（9月11日）解除北奥塞梯共和国内务部长和安全局长的职务。