A student from Senegal was killed in St. Petersburg

On April 7, 2006, at about 5.30 am, in the center of St. Petersburg, a 28-year-old 5th year student of the Bonch-Bruevich Institute of Communications, a member of African Unity, Senegalese citizen Samba Lampsar, was shot dead.

A group of six African students were returning home from the Apollo nightclub after a Faculty Day celebration when a gunshot rang out. One of the students was fatally shot in the neck. His comrades fled. The appearance of the attacker could not be seen.

The weapon - a pump-action shotgun with a painted swastika (according to another version with inscriptions "skinheads" in English and extremist called for the destruction of people with dark skin color, made in Russian) - was found not far from the crime scene. On the fact of the murder, a criminal case was initiated under Part 2 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("murder based on ethnic hatred"). Of a number of similar crimes, this is distinguished precisely by the use of firearms. (There have been cases of racist attacks with firearms before, but they are extremely rare, examples are known in Nizhny Tagil and in Rostov-on-Don . - ed. ) To investigate the murder, criminal investigation officers of the Department for Combating Organized Crime and Terrorism were sent to St. Petersburg and Department of Law Enforcement.

African Unity leader Desiree Defoe told a correspondent that the Senegalese ambassador to Russia had been informed of the tragedy. "You understand, if they started shooting, then this issue must be resolved at the level of governments of countries ," D. Defoe said.

Representatives of the St. Petersburg University of Telecommunications. Bonch-Bruyevich, a press statement was circulated, in which the attacker's characteristics were indicated: age 20-30 years old, thin build, 175-180 cm tall, was wearing a dark jacket and blue jeans.

Sources

• A student from Senegal was shot dead in the center of St. Petersburg // Fontanka.ru. 2006. April 7th.
• The gun found near the crime scene had the inscription "skinheads" (St. Petersburg) // IA REGNUM. 2006. April 7th. *