Neo-Nazis beat up a Nigerian in Moscow

On March 15, 2008, in Moscow, in an underground passage at the Prazhskaya metro station, four (according to other information three) unknown persons began to insult 27-year-old 3rd year student at Patrice Lumumba University Edashi Festosa, a citizen of Nigeria. After that, the young people began to beat him brutally.

The police managed to detain three attackers. They turned out to be workers from one of the capital's furniture factories. Among them were two Muscovites and one native of Penza. All the detainees were drunk. The victim was hospitalized with a concussion and a broken nose.

It is not reported under what specific article the criminal case was initiated.

Sources

• A Nigerian was beaten in the Moscow metro // Rosbalt. 2008. March 17.
• Young Moscow packers beat up a Nigerian citizen // Interfax. 2008. March 17.