Thursday, May 24, 2012


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Five Sentenced For Killing Kyrgyz Man In St. Petersburg

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ST. PETERSBURG -- Five Russians have been sentenced in St. Petersburg for the murder of a Kyrgyz citizen, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.

Three were sentenced to three-year jail terms and another to five years in prison.

The fifth attacker received a suspended sentence of three years.

The attackers -- three of whom are under 18 years of age -- were found guilty of attacking, stabbing, and robbing a 23-year-old Kyrgyz man earlier this year.

He died from the attack.

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