Angolan Student Attacked in the Petersburg Metro
10:23am, 28 March 2005, Interfax Severo-Zapad
Late Sunday an Angolan citizen was hospitalized with knife puncture and slash wounds sustained in the "Nevsky Prospekt" station of the St. Petersburg metro, according to the St. Petersburg City Directorate of Internal Affairs. The victim is a student of the Agrarian University in St. Petersburg. According to preliminary information, several people attacked the foreigner in a metro train and stabbed him several times with a knife. Two youths were detained on suspicion of involvement in this crime, one of whom is a resident of Moscow and one of whom is a student in one of the St. Petersburg miliary academies, according to the CDIA.
Note that this is a somewhat different story of events from the RIA Novosti report I linked to earlier (also my translation):
An Angolan Student Was Wounded in an Altercation on a St. Petersburg Metro TrainWho knows what the real story is? I am sure it will be reported eventually in the St. Petersburg Times if it really was a hate crime.
St. Petersburg, 28 March - RIA "Novosti" - Severo-Zapad, Dina Danilova.
An Angolan student was wounded in an altercation on a St. Petersburg metro train. According to the St. Petersburg CDIA, the incident occurred last night at the Nevsky Prospekt metro station. According to preliminary reports, in the train during the altercation two youths - a Moscow resident and a student of one of the St. Petersburg military academies - stabbed the Angolan citizen, a student at the St. Petersburg Agrarian University, in the face with a broken bottle. In an effort to defend himself, the Angolan citizen injured the Moscow resident's hands. Both victims were hospitalized. An investigation is being conducted and a decision is being made on whether or not to open a criminal case.
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