In Nizhny Novgorod, the case of an anti-Semitic attack was brought to court

In Nizhny Novgorod, a case against a 29-year-old resident of Moscow about an anti-Semitic attack in October 2015 was brought to court.

On July 8, 2016, the Nizhegorodsky District Court received a criminal case against a 29-year-old young man accused under paragraph “e” of Part 2 of Art. 111 of the Criminal Code (intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm, life-threatening, committed on the basis of national hatred).

According to the materials of the criminal case, a native of Moscow, temporarily residing in Nizhny Novgorod, "being a supporter of the neo-Nazi movement", in October 2015, while intoxicated, attacked a passer-by at 10/52 on the street. Asterisk. The reason for the attack was that the attacker mistook a passerby for a Jew. The attacker punched the victim in the head.

The assailant was charged, a measure of restraint in the form of detention was chosen.

Sources

• Muscovite to stand trial for crime motivated by ethnic hatred // Official website of the Nizhny Novgorod District Court of Nizhny Novgorod. 2016. July 8.