A Cameroonian student of a Russian university was killed and another received severe injuries in St. Petersburg on Saturday night, news agencies reported Sunday.
Several Cameroonians were walking to their hostel when they were attacked by about 10 men. One of the students died of a throat wound, another was rushed to hospital in a severe condition, the press service of the local Interior Ministry department told Interfax.
The murdered student only arrived in Russia two months ago for his higher education program.
Law-enforcement agencies are investigating the incident, but no criminal proceedings have been launched so far. Racial hatred is among the versions being looked at.
Foreign students in St. Petersburg are considering holding a protest rally in response to the killing.
“It is especially terrible that such a thing happened on Christmas Eve,” one of them said.
In 2005, more than 800 crimes were committed in St. Petersburg against foreigners, but in only 20 cases did the law-enforcement agencies suggest ethnic hatred was behind the crimes. http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/12/25/africanstudent.shtml
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