Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - MunaGunyana 2004 Basayev akazviti ndiye akaita kuti chikoro cheBeslan chivharwe
uko vanhu vanopfuura 350, vakawanda vavo vari vana, vakaurawa uye vamwe mazana vakakuvadzwa. Hurumende yeRussia yakapa mubairo wemamiriyoni 300 rubles ($10m) nokuda kwemashoko aizotungamirira kukubatwa kwake. Basayev pachake haana kubatanidzwa mukubatwa kwechikoro, asi akataura kuti akaronga uye akabhadhara kurwiswa, achizvirumbidza kuti kushanda kwese kwakadhura ma8,000 euros chete. Musi wa17 Gunyana 2004, Basayev akaburitsa chirevo achiti ndiye akaita kuti chikoro chivharwe, achiti Riyadus-Salihiin "Martyr Battalion" yake ndiyo yakaita izvi nezvimwe kurwiswa. Mumashoko ake, Basayev akarondedzera kuurayiwa kwevanhu muBeslan se"nhamo inotyisa" uye akati mutungamiri weRussia Vladimir Putin ndiye akakonzera.