A brawl between Russians and people from the Caucasus took place in Stavropol on April 20 (Hitler's birthday--traditionally a time of increased attacks on minorities), according to an April 22, 2008 report by the Regnum news agency. Eight Russians, hiding their faces with masks, attacked a Chechen and an Ingush that evening, stabbing the Chechen (a university student) to death and sending the Ingush to the hospital. In another part of the city that night, an Azeri man was hospitalized with stab wounds. Police are investigating the attacks as separate incidents and released a statement categorically denying that ethnic hatred was a motive.

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