A Chinese citizen was beaten in St. Petersburg

On Saturday, March 26, 2005, in St. Petersburg, on Nevsky Prospekt, near house 89, unknown persons beat up a 40-year-old Chinese citizen - Ouyang Dafan, a student of the St. Petersburg Conservatory. Rimsky-Korsakov.

The victim was brought in around 13:00. March 26 to the Mariinsky City Hospital with a closed craniocerebral injury and concussion.

A telephone message about the incident was received from the hospital to the duty unit of the 78th police department in the evening of the same day.

According to the Main Department of Internal Affairs of St. Petersburg, no criminal case has been opened yet. Checking in progress. A representative of the press service of the department admits that the reason for the attack was not national hatred, but an ordinary robbery, which the attackers failed to complete.

The victim himself believes that the reason for the attack is his "non-Russian origin" . The victim had money, an expensive watch and a phone with him.

Sources

• A Chinese citizen was beaten on Nevsky Prospekt // Fontanka.ru. 2005. March 28.
• Foreigners were beaten without criminality // Gazeta.ru. 2005. March 28.