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Attacker in Russian school siege sentenced

A court in southern Russia said the only attacker to survive the Beslan school siege deserves the death penalty but sentenced him to life in prison on Friday because Russia has a moratorium on capital punishment. Nur-Pashi Kulayev was convicted murder and terrorism in the September 2004 tragedy, which left 331 people dead, more than half of them children. Full Story