Posted on August 30, 2010 - by Venik
Skinheads attack crowds at Russian rock festival
Police unsure of motives behind attack in which 19 people were injured and six taken to hospital
About 100 skinheads attacked crowds of revellers at a Russian rock festival yesterday, injuring 19 people, reports in the Russian media say.
The state-run Rossiya 24 television channel showed footage of large groups of bare-chested men with cropped hair running up to the entrance of the Tornado festival in the Urals city of Miass, about 850 miles east of Moscow.
A spokeswoman said local police had no immediate comment on the motive behind the attacks. Six of the 19 victims were taken to hospital.
At least 60 people were killed and 306 injured in hate crimes in Russia last year, according to Sova, a rights group that monitors racist violence in the country. Most were attacks on Muslim migrants from central Asia.
Witnesses at the festival, which was attended by 3,000 people, said some of the men fired gunshots into crowds, Rossiya 24 reported. Footage showed policemen collecting axes and batons belonging to the skinheads.
The Ekho Moskvy radio station said the owner of a local cafe had been detained on suspicion of organising the violence.
Activists in Russia have warned that increasing xenophobia and a corrupt police force are allowing far-right groups to prosper.
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