In Crimea a Tatar boy was beaten for speaking his native tongue; the assailants shouted “Crimea is Russia”. You can see Russian fascism afoot. The residents of the Simferopol district Ak-Mechet’ gathered on the occasion of slaughter of 14 years old Crimean Tatar guy who, according to his relatives, was beaten up for talking on the phone in vernacular. The incident occurred on March 31 about 5 pm when the guy was returning home from school. But the general public got to know about that only after the meeting on Wednesday, April 9. The boy’s mother Asie Muzhdabaeva told the reporters of ATR channel that her son is under stress and he does not want to talk to press. According to her words, he was attacked by two unknown men who first insulted him because of his nationality. “They said that Crimea was Russia and it was not for Crimean Tatars. “You all should be driven out of here”. After my son replied that they needed to choose the words, they punched and knocked him down”, said the mother. The doctors diagnosed a broken nose and the guy had to undergo surgery. He was discharged on April 8. His parents filed a complaint with the police. The residents of the district are outraged and demand the police to find and prosecute the attackers. The speaker of the so called “Crimean police” Olga Kondrashova said that she did not know anything about the incident. However, she promised to provide accurate information later.
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