Dogan runs a bakery in Osetya. He stated that his wife Anetta and his daughters Alana and Milena Dogan, who went to the school to attend the ceremonies at the first day of the school, were among the ones that were taken hostages during the rebel. Stating that gun sounds were always coming from the school, he expressed his worry about the lives of his family. Dogan said that the terrorists only permitted the entrance of a physician and did not take food and water inside.