A group of drunken teenagers beat and stabbed a 9-year-old Tajik girl to death and severely wounded her father and 11-year-old cousin in St. Petersburg, prosecutors said Tuesday.
The attackers about 10 to 12 youths armed with knives, brass knuckles, chains and bats assaulted the three Central Asians in a courtyard in the city center Monday night, said Yelena Ordynskaya, spokeswoman for the city's prosecution office.
The girl received 11 knife wounds and died on the spot," she said. Police identified the girl as Khursheda Sultanova. Her 34-year-old father, Yusuf Sultanov, and her and 11-year-old cousin were hospitalized but later released.
Many Tajiks and nations of other impoverished former Soviet republics come to Russia in hopes of making a living, and are often targeted in such attacks.
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