Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Russia

Mixed-Race Girl Stabbed In Russia

Racist attacks ahve been on the rise in Russia (AFP)

March 26, 2006 -- A Russian news agency reported that a 9-year-old girl of mixed race was stabbed and seriously injured in a suspected racial attack in St. Petersburg late on March 25.

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March 26, 2006

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)

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