Beslan school evacuated due to bomb scare

VLADIKAVKAZ. April 27 (Interfax-AVN) - Students and employees of School No. 6 in the North Ossetian town of Beslan have been evacuated after an object resembling an explosive device was found outside the school's building early Wednesday morning, a local law enforcement source told Interfax.

Houses near the school were evacuated as well.

The object is a "plastic bottle wrapped in tape and some wires," the source said.

Experts and sappers are working at the scene.