The chief suspect was jailed for 16 years. Another 11 were given sentences of up to five years. Several of the sentences were commuted. One suspect was acquitted.
The court ruled that the murder of 18-year-old Enrique Angeles Hurtado had been motivated by racial hatred.
Hurtado died from knife wounds after a group of 13 young men attacked him and two friends last October. Two friends -- another Peruvian and a Spaniard – and a Russian student were wounded.
Russia has seen a rising number of violent attacks on foreigners in recent years. In Voronezh, three foreigners ahve been killed and 10 others wounded in attacks over the past two years.
(ITAR-TASS, AFP)