Date:03/04/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/04/03/stories/2006040303381500.htm

International - India & World

Indian student attacked in Russia

Moscow: An Indian medical student in the city of Ryazan, south of Moscow, was attacked by a group of schoolboys. Four of them have been arrested and charged for beating an Indian student out of ``racial hatred,'' News.ru website reported on Sunday quoting sources. The prosecutor's office has launched a criminal investigation under Article 282 of the Russian Criminal Code for inciting ethnic and racial animosity.

With the beginning of April, the month of Hitler's birthday, racial crimes are expected to further go up in Russia. — PTI