St. Petersburg, Russia – A 22-year-old Jewish man was stabbed to death on Saturday morning at the entrance to their apartment in St. Petersburg.
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The motive of the murder is still unclear however the local Jewish community believes that it may have been due to anti-Semitic sentiment.
Dmitri Mikolinski , a biology and yeshiva student, was murdered outside his parent's home at ten in the morning while on his way to synagogue. His mother, who left the apartment a few minutes after him, found Mikolinski bleeding heavily after being stabbed in the neck.
Police are investigating whether a security camera installed in the building has footage of the murder.
According to the Jewish community, the manner in which Mikolinski was murdered – a stabbing in the neck – is characteristic of a group of skinheads in the city.
In the past few years, a number of foreign students and civil rights activists were murdered in St. Petersburg, apparently by neo-Nazi skinheads.
In most cases, the perpetrators were not apprehended or got off with light punishments. [Haaretz – VIN]
to 10:52,
the russians got the wrong person. They should be after you…. you are probably not Jewish because you dont display the charachteristics of a Jew: Rachmonim, Bayshonim, Gomlei Chasodim.
drop dead anti-semite!!
Response to May 12, 2007 10:52 PM
The intelligence of some of the people posting on this blog is questionable. How can a person write such a dumb statement hours after a Jew has been murdered. Thousands and thousands of Yidden are Frum thanks to Chabad’s work in Russia.
Anon at 10:52- What a moron!
“Nikoulinsky was a student at St. Petersburg State University, and was in his final year of studying for an MA. He also taught in a local Beit Chabad Yeshiva”
i hope chabad is happy now. they should not be in russia and now they have got someone killed!