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Police detain suspected organizers of mass brawl
Published: 30 August, 2010, 01:54
Edited: 01 September, 2010, 04:38
TAGS: Crime, Russia, Hate crimes
Police in Central Russia have detained nine people suspected of participating in an attack on a rock festival. They say the brawl might have started after a local cafe owner argued with a member of the audience.
According to witness testimony, up to 100 men armed with clubs and sticks stormed the “Tornado” rock festival on Sunday. They began assaulting members of the crowd, as well as police and security, injuring more than 10 people, two of whom remain in the hospital. Some 3,000 people were at the concert in Miass in the Chelyabinsk region when the attack took place.
Local authorities say poor security at the event could have been to blame. Earlier reports suggested the mob were members of a nationalist gang, but these claims have since been disproved.
Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has dispatched a group of officers to undertake a probe into the quality of safety measures enforced by local police during the event.
Deputy Gennady Gudkov from Russia’s State Duma Security Committee has denounced the failure of security forces to effectively curtail the attack, saying the incident should prompt further reforms within the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
“What were they waiting for when they stood by observing the mess? Probably waiting for the militia to be renamed police,” Gudkov said, referring to the recent debate on renaming Russia’s law enforcement bodies.
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.......AND the chief of police for this city should be fired. A statement must be made regarding the police and their failure to let this happen and not see this coming!
I agree with PR101. If they want to be Nazis then they must be caught and suffer the same fate as Hitler and his top men, especially the skinhead responsible for kiling the innocent girl. The best way to combat this isue is to improve education. Good education makes good people, not neo-Nazis.
Why did they attack children so cowardly? I don't understand, can we get more information on this story please?