A NIGERIAN STUDENT KILLED IN KIEV
By Petros Keshishian

AZG Armenian Daily
03/11/2006

First Racial Crime committed in Ukraine

The prosecutor’s office of Darnica community of Kiev instituted a
lawsuit on the murder case of Godnrouz Mieev, Nigerian citizen. He
was killed in the evening of October 25 near the "Poznyak" underground
station in Kiev.

Komersant Ukrainian newspaper wrote that the witnesses stated 5
skinheads came out of the underground station and attacked the Nigerian
young man. The passers-by called the emergency and the police. But the
Nigerian citizen died of the knife wound he got on his back, before
the police and the emergence arrived. The criminals managed to escape.

Godnrouz Mieev lived in Ukraine for a year. He had graduated from
the National Economy Institute and had a degree in Economics. He was
married to a Ukrainian woman. The witnesses state that the skinheads
would shout "Save Ukraine from the Ugly" in Russian and Ukrainian
languages when attacking the Nigerian.

After the murder, a number of rights advocating organizations stated in
their web sites that the murder was done on the grounds of racism. The
fact that the criminals didn’t touch $400 and personal belongings of
the victims is another proof that testifies to this statement.

The Darnica prosecutor’s office refuses to make any comments to
journalists.