Fight between neo-Nazis and skaters in Izhevsk

On March 27, 2007, neo-Nazis attacked skaters in the park near the Eternal Flame in Izhevsk.

According to eyewitnesses, "late in the evening ... several dozen skinheads approached the square, preparing in advance for a fight" (according to unspecified data - about 20). The attackers were dressed in black leather "leather jackets", "boots" (coarse high boots with lacing). The skinheads were armed with rebar, bottles, bars broken out of the benches, one of them had a small hatchet in his hands. According to the victims, the attackers shouted "A-fu!" . (Media interpret these cries as evidence that the attackers were "hunting" for anti-fascists (AntiFa). According to the victims, before the fight began, one of the skinheads turned to them with the words: "We are White Power" ("White power " - "white power", "white power" - the slogan of the Nazi skinheads).

As a result of the collision, 17-year-old skater Stanislav Korepanov received a serious head injury. He was dressed like a rapper. The young man was "caught up with seven measures" (according to other sources, about 15 people attacked him). The police report states that "on March 27 at 11 p.m. from house 222 on Kommunarov Street, 18-year-old Stanislav was hospitalized by an ambulance team to the city hospital N 7 with a diagnosis of TBI, UGM, a fracture of the base of the skull, bruised and occipital region of the head, coma " . On March 31, 2007, S. Korepanov died from his injuries without regaining consciousness.

“I’m sure that we were attacked quite by accident. If some other company had come across instead of us, they would have gotten it. That evening we weren’t alone at the square, but as soon as others saw that something was going on there, everyone fled, who where , "- say the friends of the deceased.

According to unconfirmed reports, on April 2, 2007, a 14-year-old girl who participated in the fight died in a hospital in Izhevsk.

The rest of the victims had minor injuries. They did not seek medical attention.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Udmurtia, "four were detained for beatings - 19-year-old Almaz, 18-year-old Rustam, 17-year-old Alexander and 18-year-old Anton with a previous conviction . " Later, the detainees were released, as "they were taken at random - two were sitting on different benches in the park, and two were just walking by . " The person who attacked S. Korepanov and hit him on the head was detained and placed in a pre-trial detention center. He was identified by a friend of the deceased.

According to unofficial information reported to the SOVA Center by Izhevsk journalists, two of the attackers on the skaters were identified as activists of the right-wing radical organization Narodnaya Volya operating in Izhevsk .

Sources

• Neo-Nazis and Communists intensified in Izhevsk // Udm-info.ru (Udmurtia). 2007. March 28.
• Killers walk among us // IA "Day". 2007. April 3.
• Two people died in Udmurtia after the attack of nationalists // SPS website. 2007. April 3.