Mixed-Race Girl Stabbed In Russia

Interfax cited an unnamed source in the prosecutor's office as saying two attackers followed the girl into the entrance hall of her apartment building and stabbed her in the neck and head.

The report says the girl is a Russian citizen, with a father from the African country of Mali.

Prosecutors have opened a criminal case for attempted murder.

Correspondents say racial attacks appear to be on the rise in Russia. The killing of a 9-year-old girl from Tajikistan in St. Petersburg in 2004 aroused concern about a series of racially motivated attacks in the city.

(Reuters)