In Rostov-on-Don, students from African countries tried to avenge their fellow countryman

On October 20, 2005, in Rostov-on-Don, several students from African countries tried to find the attackers of their fellow countryman and broke into the Aquarius cafe, located near the hostel (Sheboldaeva Street). Africans accused cafe visitors of attacking Didier Igango. A brawl broke out at the entrance to the cafe, in which 15 people took part. One of the visitors, an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, fired into the air, after which the conflict was settled.

The police arrived and detained the participants in the incident (7 foreign students and 6 Russian citizens were detained). An administrative violation report was drawn up at the police station, after which the detainees were released.

According to the African students, “someone quickly left the site, and they followed. It seemed to them that the runner went to the cafe. They called out to him and began to approach, but the man shouted: “Don’t come!”, took out a pistol and shot at air. He didn’t even say that he was from the police, didn’t show his ID, and immediately disappeared after the shot.”

We remind you that this is not the first incident of this kind, clearly provoked by the inaction of law enforcement agencies. In June, after a series of attacks on foreigners and pogroms in dormitories, African students “resisted police officers” during the last fight, which, in fact, attracted media attention.

Sources

• The regional prosecutor took control of Didier Igango’s case // Trud. 2005. October 21.
• Stepanov A. Glass on the throat is hooliganism // Gazeta.ru. 2005. October 21.
• Why the African was cut // Semenova T. "Newspaper Don" (Rostov-on-Don). 2005. October 26.