Victims file appeal against Beslan verdict

A group of survivors and relatives of victims of the 2004 raid on a school in the southern Russian town of Beslan filed a preliminary appeal against last week’s verdict in the trial of the only known suspect left alive, saying the court ignored conflicting evidence about the attack and the government response.

Voice of Beslan, an activist group that has accused officials of covering up facts about the ordeal and lying in the investigation and trial, said the appeal was filed to the Russian Supreme Court via the Supreme Court in North Ossetia, where the attack took place and the trial of Nur-Pashi Kulayev was held.