November 21, 2001 - 23:19 AMT
AN ARMENIAN KILLED AS A RESULT OF CLASH BETWEEN RUSSIAN AND AZERI CRIMINAL GROUPS
The details of the crime, committed the other day in Russian Tomsk city, are clarified. Five persons were killed as a consequence of a clash between criminals in one of town cafés. According to preliminary reports, all of them were Azeris. Yesterday it became known that one of the perished was Armenian, born in Armenia. His surname is Harutyunian and he became a casual victim. Some of the Azeris, who were injured in the collision, are in hospital now. Leader of the local criminal group, some Vahid Rustamov, whose nickname is "Baby" is among them. He was the target of the attack on the café, but he managed to come off unhurt by a miracle.