ETHNIC HATE AMONG LEADS IN ARMENIAN BOY MURDER PROBE

ITAR-TASS, Russia
Nov 16 2006

MOSCOW, November 16 (Itar-Tass) – Investigators do not rule out
ethnic hate as a prime motive behind the murder of an Armenian boy
in the town of Ivanteyevka, Moscow Region, on November 11, the press
service of the regional prosecutor’s office told Itar-Tass on Thursday.

"Various leads are checked in the course of the probe, including
the version that the crime was motivated by ethnic hate and strife,"
a prosecutor said.

"The case is supervised by the regional prosecutor’s office",
she underlined.

Earlier, police reported that a 15-year-old boy was found not far
from the railroad platform of the town of Ivanteyevka with multiple
stab wounds in the back, and brought to hospital where he died."

The victim, Narek Kocharyan, lived in the Moscow region and was
in hairstylist training. He was out for a walk with his friends on
that day.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress