CASE OPENED OVER ATTACK ON 2 ARMENIANS IN MOSCOW METRO

ITAR-TASS News Agency, Russia
July 1, 2006 Saturday 05:58 PM EST

Criminal proceedings were instituted for an attack on two Armenian
citizens in the Moscow metro.

"Vache Tomasian, 20, and Varazdat Akobian, 23, who according to the
preliminary information, work as builders sought medical advice at
17.10 Moscow time on Saturday at the Moscow metro station Kuznetsky
Most," spokesman for the Moscow prosecutor’s office Sergei Marchenko
told Itar-Tass on Saturday.

The Armenian attack victims noted that they got bodily injuries as
a result of a conflict with a group of young hooligans aged 17-18
years at the metro station. One Armenian got a knife hand injury and
another one got a bodily sliver.

The prosecutor’s office of the Moscow metro instituted criminal
proceedings under Article 213 of the Criminal Code for hooliganism.

"The investigation into the case is underway, the search operation
for young people involved in the crime is in progress," the spokesman
for the prosecutor’s office said.