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NEWS
Young Jewish Teacher Murdered in St. Petersburg
By R. Hoffman
Dmitri Nikulinsky was murdered by skinheads as he left his
St. Petersburg apartment on his way to shul last
Shabbos. The 22-year-old, who taught at a local Jewish
school, was brutally assaulted and suffered multiple stab
wounds. The attackers took nothing and left him to die.
Community representatives said the murder was typical of
skinhead gangs in the city. According to other reports it may
not have been antisemitic.
Three clear antisemitic incidents have been reported in
Russia and the Ukraine in recent weeks. Two weeks ago
unidentified vandals smeared black paint on a new beis
knesses in the Ukrainian city of Dnepropetrovsk.
Last week a pipe bomb laid on the windowsill of a beis
knesses in Saratov, Russia exploded. No injuries were
reported but the building sustained damage.
And last month a Jewish Agency exhibition in the Ukrainian
city of Kharkov was torched. The tent that housed the
exhibition was heavily damaged. Eventually it was decided to
go ahead with the event and keep the scorched tent on
display.
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