St. Petersburg: two passers-by were beaten, whom nationalists mistook for anti-fascists

December 28, 2012 in St. Petersburg, several ultra-right attacked two young men, mistaking them for anti-fascists.

The incident took place in the passage between metro stations "Zvenigorodskaya" and "Pushkinskaya". The attackers were armed with a knife and a bottle of under vodka. As a result of the attack, one of the victims received serious head and body injuries.

Fortunately, both victims managed to survive.

The incident became known in May 2014 from news about bringing the case of the attackers to court.

Sources

• In St. Petersburg, the prosecutor's office sent to court a criminal case against a group of persons headed by a minor accused of extremist crimes // Official website of the Prosecutor's Office of St. Petersburg. 2014. May 20.