Teenagers sentenced for murder

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Published 09 February, 2007, 22:22

Five Russian teenagers have been convicted of the murder of a Jewish man at a cemetery in Yekaterinburg, a city in the central part of Russia. The attack happened in 2005, when the five were aged between 12 and 17.

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The teenagers were found guilty of murder motivated by racial hatred and sentenced to between 5 and 10 years in prison.

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