Food Not Bombs activist murdered by Nazis in St Petersburg, Russia

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from ainfos, 22 November 2005:

Two brutal incidents during the last week have left one dead and two hospitalized in what some are seeing as continuations of the racial tensions that have plagued the city over the last two months.

Timur , a student at the St. Petersburg State University and frequent participant in anti-fascist meetings, was murdered on Ligovsky Prospekt on Sunday night. A preliminary police investigation revealed that Kacharava and his friend Maxim Zagibai, who is currently in hospital with severe injuries to his head and chest, were attacked by a group of youngsters at about 18.30 outside a bookstore, Interfax reported.

"The prosecutor’s office is considering all possible versions, including a nationalist attack as both students were active pacifists and took part in virtually all the anti-fascist events in St. Petersburg," read the statement of the city prosecutor’s office quoted by Interfax.

Read more here: http://www.sptimes.ru/story/16097

Via the BostonAnarchists Listserv:
Timur was an active member of St. Petersburg’s hardcore punk and anarchist community, and our dear friend. On the evening of November 13, Timur became the victim of a nazi attack. After a Food Not Bombs action on Vladimirskaya square Timur and a few other kids went to a Bukvoyed bookshop on Ligovsky prospect. Around 7 p.m. he and his friend Max “Zgibov” Zgibai were smoking outside when they were attacked by a group of 8 to 10 nazis. Timur suffered multiple stab wounds in the neck. Zgibov is in the hospital in a stable condition with five stab wounds.

Found on: http://blog.guerillascience.com/

Homepage: http://deletetheborder.org/node/385

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Timur Kacharava, 20, was killed this sunday evening (13 nov 2005, 19:00) on the corner of Nevskyi and Ligovskyi prospects, near the subway station "Pl. Vosstaniya".

He and his friend Maxim were attacked by the group of neo-nazis (who does not exist according to the Russian Police data) just behind. He died in seconds due to 5 knife shots, each piercing his throat. Ambulance arrived only in 20 minutes.

Maxim survived several knife wounds and craniocerebral injury, he is in the stable state now.

Tragedy took place in just 2 meters from the book superstore entrance, on the major tourist place - St.Petersburg-Helsinki bus departs from there. Despite these facts, no one was arrested.

Timur and Maxim were on the way back from the social work - just before the accident they participated in the "Food Not Bombs" action: served out hot food to the homeless and person in need, "human trash" in the filthy language of neonazism and hate.

About ten neo-nazis tracked their way from there, backstabbed and killed him. Timur was a Person. A student. A musician. An Antifascist. They killed not only him, but something inside all of us. We cannot forgot. We shall not forgive.

Never Again!

20 - it's the age of love. 20 - it's the age of music. 20 - is only beginning. And for Timur it became the end. Rest in Peace, Tim!

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