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| Beslan gunman says additional attacks were planned |
| 2005-06-02 |
| The gunmen who carried out the bloody school siege in Beslan in September 2004 also planned other attacks, including powerful car bombs in southern Russian cities, the sole surviving suspect of the raid told a court on Thursday. Nur-Pashi Kulayev said he had heard the leader of the armed gang whom he called "Colonel" discussing a plan that envisaged setting off the explosions, AP reported. "Colonel" was talking about placing trucks rigged with explosives near police and security headquarters in Chechnya's capital Grozny and the cities of Vladikavkaz and Nazran in the neighboring provinces of North Ossetia and Ingushetia. Kulayev, whose trial at the North Ossetian Supreme Court in Vladikavkaz began earlier this month, has pleaded not guilty to charges including terrorism, murder and attacking law enforcement officers during the raid on Beslan school. He was the only militant to survive the raid. He could get live imprisonment if convicted. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |