On Tuesday night in the town of Volokolamsk near Moscow, 40 Korean workers were attacked by hooligans. As a RIA Novosti source in law enforcement agencies of the Moscow region reported, about thirty hooligans broke into the territory of a private enterprise where citizens of the DPRK worked and lived in residential trailers. They beat the Koreans with pieces of metal bars and baseball bats. Four Korean workers were taken to a local hospital with serious injuries, and 12 others were treated at the scene.

The police have already detained four residents of Volokolamsk who are suspected of attacking Koreans. They are currently testifying to investigators.

A criminal case has been initiated into the incident under Articles 111 and 213 of the Criminal Code of Russia (intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm and hooliganism, respectively). Whether the crime involves inciting ethnic hatred is still unknown.

On Tuesday, it became known that in the city of Volzhsk in the Republic of Mari El, two local residents were detained on suspicion of an armed attack on citizens of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.

During an argument, they opened fire from a Kalashnikov assault rifle at four Kyrgyz and Uzbek workers. All victims of the attack received severe gunshot wounds and were hospitalized.

One of the victims died in hospital from his injuries. This was reported by RIA Novosti's source in the republic's law enforcement agencies. Operatives seized a machine gun and 30 rounds of 5.45 mm caliber from the suspects.

Such cases of attacks on visiting workers have become almost commonplace in recent years. For example, in St. Petersburg some time ago, two Tajik workers were attacked. They were attacked by a group of unknown people and severely beaten. In addition, one of the migrant workers received several serious stab wounds and was hospitalized in serious condition with a penetrating wound to the abdominal cavity. His friend, after receiving medical care, was released by doctors for outpatient treatment.

Contract workers from abroad are attacked not only by the usual hooligans and skinheads. In the city of Svetlogorsk in the Kaliningrad region, for example, Kyrgyz workers were attacked last year by employees of a private security company. Ten construction workers were then severely beaten with baseball bats. As a result, several people were hospitalized. At the same time, money and mobile phones were stolen from all the victims.

40 Korean workers beaten in the Moscow region