Vandals caused a riot at the memorial for the victims of Beslan in Moscow.

Unknown individuals scattered children's toys and bottles of water at the memorial for the victims of Beslan in Moscow, left in memory of the deceased. Residents of North Ossetia, commenting on the incident on social media, demanded to find and punish the vandals and thanked those who restored the memorial.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", mourning events are held annually in various cities in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack in Beslan. This year, on September 3, memorial actions took place, in particular, in Moscow and St. Petersburg: participants laid flowers at the memorials for the deceased. In Beslan, on September 1, a three-day vigil began. A liturgy was held at the Church of the New Martyrs in the courtyard of School No. 1, where hundreds of people, including former hostages and their relatives, came to the school, laid flowers, and lit candles.

A resident of Astrakhan, Dmitry, filmed the scattered bottles of water and children's toys at the memorial for the victims of the terrorist attack in Beslan near the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kuliski, Moscow. In the footage, plastic bottles lie on the cobblestones around the monument and on the steps of the pedestal. Nearby, soft toys, caps, and wrappers are scattered, and water is spilled on the surface of the monument and the steps.

The water and toys were left in memory of the deceased children, the author of the video said. He noted that he collected most of the scattered items and expressed hope that law enforcement would identify those responsible. "I collected almost all of this together. I'm just in shock, I have no words," Dmitry said in the video posted on November 3 by the Instagram*-public northossetia.

As of 12:30 Moscow time on November 3, this video in the Instagram*-public northossetia, which has about 436 thousand followers, received 204 likes and 39 comments.

Residents of North Ossetia in the comments called for holding those responsible accountable and thanked those who restored the memorial site. "To those who did not walk past and cleaned up – health. To those involved – a meeting with the law. And let it be fair," wrote ada_kesaeva.

"I hope they find them," noted user dak__________________. "I hope they find and punish them," wrote nozhi__vladikavkazz.

The presence of video cameras should help identify those involved, other commentators believed. "This could have been done in a minute. There are more cameras in Moscow than in Ossetia," pointed out rtut2497.

"It's even hard to understand what must be in a person's mind to do this to a memorial. I hope the cameras help quickly identify those involved," wrote avtosteklo.vladikavkaz.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs is involved in identifying those responsible, and the necessary statements have been submitted, reported the authorized representative of North Ossetia to the President of Russia Igor Barskov. "All necessary measures are being taken to identify all those involved in the act of vandalism at the memorial for the victims of the Beslan tragedy in Moscow," the publication "Osnova News" quoted him today.

The leadership of the representative office has joined the work at the request of the head of North Ossetia Sergey Menyaylo, the publication said.