Judge proclaims sole surviving Beslan attacker guilty

A Russian judge on today proclaimed the sole surviving Beslan school attacker guilty of murder and terrorism, as he began reading the final part of the verdict.

A southern Russian court today said the sole surviving Beslan school attacker deserved the death penalty, but sentenced him to life in prison because of the Russian moratorium on capital punishment.

In Vladikavkaz, Nur-Pashi Kulayev was found guilty of taking hostages, responsibility for the deaths of 330 people and of inflicting material damage of 34 million rubles (about €1m).