RusData Dialine – Russian Press Digest
September 20, 2004 Monday

Skinheads went underground

by Yaroslav Zorin

SOURCE: Gazeta, No 173, p.6

Skinhead extremists severely beat three men in Moscow metro

A group of young people attacked three people from the Caucasus
region and Central Asia on a Moscow metro car, severely injuring
them.

The attack took place Saturday evening in a metro car, moving between
Aeroport and Dinamo stations in the northern radius of the green
line.

According to the witnesses of the pogrom, 25 to 50 young people with
their hair cut short or shaven off entered a metro car around 11.30
p.m. Saturday at the Aeroport station. The skinheads spotted several
people of non-Slavic origin and started brutally beating them. The
three victims, an 41-years-old Azeri man, an Armenian man, 29, and a
Tajik man, 27, were hospitalized with heavy injuries. Doctors say
their lives are out of danger.

Witnesses said most of the attackers were dressed in short ‘bomber’
jackets, black jeans and wore heavy army boots – typical outfit of
Russian skinheads. The young people reportedly shouted “This is for
the terrorist attacks!” when battering the southerners. Most of the
attackers managed to escape before the police arrived at the scene.
Three teenagers were detained at the exit from the Dinamo station,
although it is unclear, whether they actually participated in the
beating.
From: Baghdasarian