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A musician was attacked in Moscow
On December 21, 2008, Georgy Tsai, a musician of the Moscow Virtuosos chamber orchestra, was attacked in Moscow.
The man was attacked near the house 3 building 2 on Plekhanov Street, where the violinist lives. A 29-year-old victim was hospitalized with a penetrating stab wound to the abdomen and multiple stab wounds to the hands. The man has been operated on but is in critical condition.
A criminal case has been initiated. One version of the investigation is considering an attack motivated by ethnic hatred.
On December 23, 2008, the Moscow police department officially denied the version with a neo-Nazi trace in the attack. The assailants reportedly stole Cai's bag of belongings.
Sources
- In Moscow, unknown people cut the violinist of the orchestra "Moscow Virtuosi" Georgy Tsai // NEWSru.Com. 2008. December 22.
- Skinheads are not involved in the attacks on the violinists of the "Moscow Virtuosi" // RIA Novosti.Ru. 2008. December 23.