The man alleged to be the sole surviving attacker of the Beslan school seizure protested his innocence in his final statement today, as the court retired to consider its verdict in a trial that has brought little relief for relatives of victims of the bloodbath.

Russian prosecutors are resuming their case today against Nur-Pashi Kulayev, the only man to go on trial for the Beslan school raid that killed more than 330 people.