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St. Petersburg: suspects detained in a xenophobic attack on several girls
In December 2019, suspects in an attack on a group of girls were detained in St. Petersburg, whom they mistook for women with a homosexual orientation. According to media reports, the detainees are supporters of the ultra-right group Firstline Nevograd.
On December 11, 2019, in St. Petersburg, police detained four local residents suspected of a xenophobic attack on girls that took place on December 9 in a cafe on Ligovsky Prospekt.
Three detainees - 16-year-old Vladislav, who is not studying or working anywhere, Denis, a seventh-grader, and 19-year-old Nikita Kovalev, are suspected of intentionally inflicting moderate health (Article 112 of the Criminal Code). The fourth is still in the status of a witness.
According to media reports, young people are fans of the ultra-right group "Firstline Nevograd". It is reported that one of the detainees confirmed to the police that the motive for the attack on the girls was the suspicion that they were members of the LGBT movement.
Recall, presumably, it was the members of "Firstline Nevograd" who in September 2018 attacked the club "Sokol" , where the concert of the punk band Truckdrivers was to take place. The organizer of the pogrom, according to the investigation, is Andrey Link, a well-known neo-Nazi in the city. The case on the fact of the attack on the club has already been submitted to the court . Sources