29 victims in the first decade of December, 2006

Skinhead violence has been stepping up in the beginning of December.

During the decade there were attacks in 6 Russian regions: Moscow, St. Petersburg, the Krasnodar Territory, Yaroslavl, Cheboksary and Vladivostok. The number of victims of these attacks in total is 29 people, including 2 people dead.

The most notorious crimes happened in St. Petersburg and Vladivostok on December 10, the International Human Rights Day.

On December 10, 2006 in Vladivostok three construction workers from the North Korea were beaten severely near their dormitory. One of them died in the hospital in a few hours, another died in a day. According to the mass media reporting on this case, it is not for the first time, when Korean workers are attacked, but as there had never been a lethal outcome, the law enforcement bodies didn't pay attention to these violent crimes.

In a few days the suspects were detained by the police; they turned out to be a trade school students. The version that the attack was motivated by the ethnic enmity remains principle, as the attackers didn't rob their victims.

On the same day in St. Petersburg there were 2 other attacks.

In the afternoon 7 antifascist activists were attacked by a group of 20 young men shouting neo-nazi slogans and armed with knives. As a result, two of the antifascists were hospitalized with knife wounds.

In the evening an Indian student of the Mechnikov Medical Academy was beaten. This is already the third time this year, when an Indian student of this Academy is attacked.