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Police Hunt Man Who Stabbed 6 in Rampage
By Carl Schreck, Staff Writer
The Moscow Times, Russia
Aug 16 2005
Police on Monday were hunting for a man who went on a rampage early
Sunday, roaming the streets in central Moscow and stabbing six men
with a kitchen knife, seriously injuring five of them.
The unidentified assailant attacked two Armenian citizens, identified
by Kommersant as Vilen Shiboyan and Artush Kazaryan, near 11
Krasnoprudnaya Ulitsa by the Krasnoselskaya metro station at around
1 a.m. Sunday, police spokesman Kirill Sharov said.
Shiboyan, 40, and Kazaryan, 32, were admitted to the Sklifasovsky First
Aid Hospital at around 1:45 a.m., Shiboyan with lacerations to the
abdomen and Kazaryan with a puncture wound to the chest, Sharov said.
One hour later, three more people were admitted to the Sklifosovsky
hospital with knife wounds after they were attacked in the same area,
Sharov said.
Tajik citizens Gulrus Rakhmanov and Adil Nazarov, both 23, arrived at
the hospital at 2:25 a.m., with puncture wounds to the lungs, he said.
They were attacked on Rusakovskaya Ulitsa, which adjoins Krasnoprudnaya
Ulitsa.
Also arriving at the hospital 2:45 a.m. was Ashot Petrosyan, a
22-year-old Russian citizen with a puncture wound to the chest,
Sharov said. Petrosyan was alone on Krasnoprudnaya Ulitsa when he
was attacked.
The final attack happened at about 5 a.m. on Rusakovskaya Ulitsa. The
victim, Vladimir Kabanov, who is homeless, was hospitalized 20 minutes
later with a puncture wound to the abdomen, Sharov said.
Police had not detained any suspects as of Monday, and the motive
for the attacks remained unclear, Sharov said.
Igor Besfamilny, head of criminal investigations at the Krasnoselsky
police precinct, said the man who attacked the two Armenians had
yelled at them and accused them of stealing his cell phone, Vremya
Novostei reported Monday.
Russian media speculated that the attacks might have been racially
motivated, given that most of the victims came from Armenia and
Tajikistan. Sharov said, however, that some of the victims had Slavic
appearances.
Police were looking for a man aged 30 to 40 with blond hair and 160
to 170 centimeters tall.
The Sklifosovsky hospital could not be reached for comment, but
Besfamilny said Shiboyan had been treated and released, while Kazaryan
was in critical condition. The rest of the victims were in satisfactory
condition, he said.
By Carl Schreck, Staff Writer
The Moscow Times, Russia
Aug 16 2005
Police on Monday were hunting for a man who went on a rampage early
Sunday, roaming the streets in central Moscow and stabbing six men
with a kitchen knife, seriously injuring five of them.
The unidentified assailant attacked two Armenian citizens, identified
by Kommersant as Vilen Shiboyan and Artush Kazaryan, near 11
Krasnoprudnaya Ulitsa by the Krasnoselskaya metro station at around
1 a.m. Sunday, police spokesman Kirill Sharov said.
Shiboyan, 40, and Kazaryan, 32, were admitted to the Sklifasovsky First
Aid Hospital at around 1:45 a.m., Shiboyan with lacerations to the
abdomen and Kazaryan with a puncture wound to the chest, Sharov said.
One hour later, three more people were admitted to the Sklifosovsky
hospital with knife wounds after they were attacked in the same area,
Sharov said.
Tajik citizens Gulrus Rakhmanov and Adil Nazarov, both 23, arrived at
the hospital at 2:25 a.m., with puncture wounds to the lungs, he said.
They were attacked on Rusakovskaya Ulitsa, which adjoins Krasnoprudnaya
Ulitsa.
Also arriving at the hospital 2:45 a.m. was Ashot Petrosyan, a
22-year-old Russian citizen with a puncture wound to the chest,
Sharov said. Petrosyan was alone on Krasnoprudnaya Ulitsa when he
was attacked.
The final attack happened at about 5 a.m. on Rusakovskaya Ulitsa. The
victim, Vladimir Kabanov, who is homeless, was hospitalized 20 minutes
later with a puncture wound to the abdomen, Sharov said.
Police had not detained any suspects as of Monday, and the motive
for the attacks remained unclear, Sharov said.
Igor Besfamilny, head of criminal investigations at the Krasnoselsky
police precinct, said the man who attacked the two Armenians had
yelled at them and accused them of stealing his cell phone, Vremya
Novostei reported Monday.
Russian media speculated that the attacks might have been racially
motivated, given that most of the victims came from Armenia and
Tajikistan. Sharov said, however, that some of the victims had Slavic
appearances.
Police were looking for a man aged 30 to 40 with blond hair and 160
to 170 centimeters tall.
The Sklifosovsky hospital could not be reached for comment, but
Besfamilny said Shiboyan had been treated and released, while Kazaryan
was in critical condition. The rest of the victims were in satisfactory
condition, he said.