November 15, 2006 - 12:58 AMT
15-Year-Old Armenian Brutally Killed in Podmoskovye
November 11 a 15-year-old Armenian Narek Kocharian was killed on a railway platform of the settlement of Ivanteyevka (Moscow oblast). As reported by the police, the boy was brought to hospital with knife wounds and died some time later. According to the source, operative and search measures are being carried out.

The Union of Armenians of Russia (UAR) says that Narek Kocharian, an attendee of a hairdressing course, went out for a walk with his Russian friends that evening. At about 6 or 7 p.m. aggressive young men assaulted Narek. His friends escaped while he was brutally beaten and knifed. The assassins also tried to smother or hand their victim. A scarf with an image of a skull and bones was found next to the killed boy thus clearly pointing to the affiliation of the assassins to a fascist grouping.

According to the source Narek Kocharian (1991 year of birth) resided in the town of Ivanteyevka and was going to receive the passport of a Russian citizen in the near future. The body of the killed boy will be conveyed to Armenia. The UAR says a criminal case in compliance of Article 111.4 of the Russian Criminal Code (causation of grave physical injuries that resulted in death over carelessness) was initiated.

The UAR staff adds, "Our guards of order consider that the boy was killed 'over carelessness'. But he was beaten, smothers and knifed. Moreover these deeds were dictated by national hatred. Isn't this a reason for threatening frequency of such crimes?" reports IA Regnum.