Police Shootings Russia

African students at Russia's University of Friendship of Peoples were severely beaten by riot police Wednesday during a demonstration protesting the slaying of a student from Zimbabwe by a Russian policeman. The killing of the 25-year-old history student and the attack on peaceful demonstrators by baton-wielding, helmeted police were proof, the students say, of the systematic abuse they face in Moscow because of their skin color. One policeman yelled out, "I will kill you, swine!"

African students at Russia's University of Friendship of Peoples were severely beaten by riot police Wednesday during a demonstration protesting the slaying of a student from Zimbabwe by a Russian policeman. The killing of the 25-year-old history student and the attack on peaceful demonstrators by baton-wielding, helmeted police were proof, the students say, of the systematic abuse they face in Moscow because of their skin color. One policeman yelled out, "I will kill you, swine!"