Mothers Go Hungry to Protest Handling of Trial
From Times Wire Reports
Seven mothers of children killed in the 2004 school takeover in Beslan began a hunger strike to protest what they said were efforts to end the trial of an alleged attacker prematurely.
The group has demanded that top Russian officials testify.
The lead prosecutor demanded death for Nur-Pashi Kulayev, the man alleged to be the sole surviving attacker. More than 330 hostages were killed, nearly half of them children.
A verdict could be delivered by the end of the month, a prosecutor’s spokesman said.
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