Prosecutors said the defendants were drunk when they attacked the victim at a city cemetery and stabbed him with a metal cross.
The 21-year-old man died later of his wounds. Russia has seen an increasing number of racially motivated attacks in recent years.
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Posted February 9th, 2007 by Dinka
