| In St. Petersburg they tried to kill another foreign student On Wednesday evening, another attack was committed on a foreign student in St. Petersburg. This time, 23-year-old Indian citizen Anjangi Kishori Kumar suffered at the hands of local Nazis, who again provided his hometown with the informal title of the criminal capital of Russia.
The criminals waylaid him almost at the door of the dormitory of the Mechnikov Medical Academy, where the Indian studies, and stabbed him several times in the neck. Kumar was saved from death only by the prompt assistance of his fellow medical students. The prosecutor’s office has so far regarded the incident as “attempted murder for hooligan reasons,” but both the Indian’s associates and investigators are confident that local fascists are behind the emergency.
Apparently, the attackers were well aware that foreign students walked along this road in the city center - the extremists waylaid the Indian in the arch at the entrance to the dormitory where citizens of other countries live. According to the investigation, two thugs with knives attacked Kumar. The attack took place around eight o'clock in the evening, when it was still light and quite crowded. According to eyewitnesses, the bandits chased the student, and when they caught up with him, they targeted him with knives in the neck. The attackers clearly did not act for the purpose of robbery - they did not touch the victim’s personal belongings.
Despite his wounds, Kumar managed to break free and run to the dormitory, from which other students ran out after hearing the screams and noise. The wounded man managed to shout “ambulance!”, his classmates, calling doctors, managed to give him first aid and stopped the bleeding. At the Mariinsky Hospital, where the victim was taken, doctors discovered a cut wound to the neck with a transection of the subcutaneous muscle and a stab wound to the left half of the neck with a partial transection of the masticatory muscle. The Indian student underwent surgery, and yesterday morning doctors announced that his life was out of danger.
Unlike the murder of a Senegalese student two weeks ago, when a gun with a swastika was found at the crime scene, this time St. Petersburg law enforcement officers did not initiate a case under an article containing a motive of national hatred. So far, the incident has been classified as “attempted murder committed out of hooligan motives.” True, Deputy City Prosecutor Alexander Korsunov said yesterday that a number of versions of the crime were being pursued, including the version of extremist motives. “Judging by the nature of the attack and the blows inflicted, the picture of the crime allows us to put forward an extremist motive, which is evidenced, in particular, by the stab in the neck,” the prosecutor noted. And he promised to scold the police for not being able to protect foreigners even on the territory of hostels. “We intend to identify the reasons for the inadequate security of dormitories for foreign students. The reaction, first of all, will be in relation to employees of the internal affairs bodies, who are obliged to protect the dormitories,” said Mr. Korsunov.
The attack on the Indian occurred on the eve of April 20, when St. Petersburg Nazis celebrate the birthday of Adolf Hitler. Just a few hours after the attempt to kill Kumar, five fascist teenagers gathered in one of the squares in the city center, near the monument to Griboedov next to the Theater for Young Spectators. The teenagers were dressed in typical Skin clothes - short jackets and black jeans. Having tied the Russian flag and the imperial banner of Germany with each other, the young fascists began to take pictures with them. However, all five were immediately detained by the police, who, on the eve of the Fuhrer’s birthday, were instructed to suppress any attempts at such gatherings. Dmitry ANDREEV, St. Petersburg |
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