Beslan victims' relatives allege cover-up

Relatives of the victims of the Beslan school hostage massacre today accused Russian authorities of covering up the facts as the judge read the verdict against the sole alleged surviving attacker for a third day, describing horrific conditions inside the school.

The victims’ family members said they believed Nur-Pashi Kulayev was guilty but they expressed frustration that the year-long trial had failed to reveal all those responsible for the 331 deaths – more than half of them children – in the small southern Russian town.