MOSCOW COLLEGE STUDENTS SUSPECTED IN RACIST STABBINGS
Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, DC
April 19 2007
Two college students have been detained in Moscow in connection with
the non-fatal stabbing of an Armenian businessman and the murder of a
Tajik man, according to an April 18, 2007 report by the Regnum news
agency. Karen Abramyan was beaten and stabbed by two young men on
April 17; the suspects were detained shortly afterwards by a police
patrol that was passing by during the attack. Both suspects have a
history of particpating in soccer-related violence and reportedly
formed a group of like-minded individuals who went out hunting for
non-Russians to attack. On April 16, the body of a Tajik man was
discovered in Moscow with 35 stab wounds. Police are investigating
the two suspects for any connection with that murder.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress