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Skinheads beat three Azerbaijani teenagers in Moscow

07 April 2008 [10:19] - TODAY.AZ
A group of teenagers brutally beat two teenagers from Azerbaijan in the east of the Russian capital.
One of the victims was hospitalized.

The attack was committed by a group of skin heads, according to Interfax.

Witnesses say the young people were walking along one of the park streets, bothering with passersby and chanting nationalistic slogans.

The walking ended in beating of three teenagers from Azerbaijan.

Two victims received first aid on the spot, while one of them -13 year old boy-in now in hospital.

The militiamen were not able to detain the offenders-the teenagers escaped in the direction of Shelkovkoye highway.

According to the Sova human rights center, the nationalistic violence is mainly common in Moscow. 24 people died and 64 were injured in the result of national intolerance in the capital since the beginning of the year, including 5 deaths  and 20 injuries in March.

None of the offenders have been detained yet. According to witnesses, there were at least 20 of them.

/Day.Az/

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