SKINHEADS ACCUSED OF MURDERING ARMENIAN AND AZERI FOUND GUILTY IN ALTAY REGION OF RUSSIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
27.02.2008 14:55 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The jury sentenced two residents of Biysk town of
Altay region, Russia, to 17 and 15 years in prison.
At the trial the accused claimed they assaulted people for robbery
but not through national hatred. The third accused, who was not found
guilty of perpetration of murder, was handed a 6-year sentence.
As reported earlier, Armenia-native Hrachik Baghramyan, 50, was
assaulted on October 15, 2006 in Biysk. Azeri Ziyadhan Eyvazov was
killed on November 1.
The investigation traced young men privy to the crimes. During a
search in their apartments the police found hammers, baseball bat,
flaps of fabric with inscription Skin Head, leaflets and various
nationalistic literature.
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