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  • Azeris Pelt Armenian Students With Bottles And Stones During PFUR

    AZERIS PELT ARMENIAN STUDENTS WITH BOTTLES AND STONES DURING PFUR FESTIVAL

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    02.05.2008 12:36 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Every year Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
    conducts a "South-West Planet" festival where various associations
    represent their national culture.

    During the Armenian performance, some Azeri and Turkish young men from
    the audience started throwing bottles at the stage. The OMON officers
    pushed the troublemakers aside, however, the incident repeated when
    Armenian youth gathered at the stage to support their friends. As
    result, an Armenian girl was badly injured, since a bottle was thrown
    exactly at her face. This outrageous act provoked a clash, a source
    told PanARMENIAN.Net.

    The policemen tried to drive the students off the site, dividing
    Armenians and Azeri-Turkish groups.

    Nevertheless, bottles, stones and sticks were againt thrown at
    Armenians.

    The injured girl is in hospital now.

    Several people were arrested but released soon.

    "For some reason, the police took away Armenian big flags but did
    not trouble Azeris. It looked like a planned action. There were some
    400-500 policemen in addition to OMON officers. When the scuffle began,
    there were more Azeris than Armenians at the site.

    Provocative attempts were numerous but Armenians lost their temper
    towards the end. The incident was stopped within an hour," a witness
    told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

    According to Azeri side, the clash started when the Armenian ensemble
    performed an Armenian folk song that Azeris claim to be theirs. The
    Azeri students "reacted" by shouting out 'Azerbaijan' and waving flags.

    A similar incident took place at last year's festival.
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