Beginning the morning of the second day, the attackers gave their hostages no food or water, and by the third day ​ — Friday — ​ some hostages resorted to drinking urine and eating the flowers the children had brought for their teachers.
Trešajā dienā, tas ir, piektdien, daži ķīlnieki, vairs nespēdami izturēt, sāka dzert urīnu un ēst ziedus, ko bērni 1. septembrī bija atnesuši skolotājiem.