At least three people were killed during the seizure by terrorists of a school in Russia's North Ossetia republic on Wednesday, a duty officer at the regional Interior Ministry said.

"One body lies near the entrance and two others are on a road near the fence," he was quoted by Itar-Tass news agency as saying,adding that "all the dead are civilians."

"The militants do not let recover the bodies, opening fire as people appear in front of the school," he noted.

Source: Xinhua