He also voiced concern over the lack of security guards at most Russian schools.

The North Ossetian interior ministry said that for the anniversary, all local schools have been provided with three to seven police officers on constant guard, and that extra traffic police have been deployed on roads leading to schools.

The town of Beslan will be policed by 400 officers up to Sep 3. Russian Interior Ministry troops and special forces have also been sent to the region.

On Tuesday morning alone, Russia's North Caucasus was hit by at least three terrorist attacks - two car bombings in Dagestan in which one person died and at least 19 were injured, and one roadside bomb blast in Chechnya in which three soldiers were injured. A gas pipe blast in Ingushetia is being considered as a possible terrorist attack.