Attack on Azerbaijanis in St. Petersburg

On August 20, 2009, two Azerbaijanis were attacked in St. Petersburg. One of them died.

Several people with a knife attacked Vasif Odzhagverdiyev (born 1980) and Arzu Jafarov (born 1981) near their house. Ojagverdiyev died, and Jafarov was hospitalized.

According to the preliminary version of the investigation, the attack was committed on the basis of ethnic hatred.

Sources

• St. Petersburg police investigate killing and wounding of Azerbaijanis // Day.Az. 2009. August 22.