(RSF/IFEX) – According to information released by RSF on 11 May 1998, Stanislav Kholopov, editor-in-chief of the weekly “Stolitza-C”, was stabbed twice with a knife near his home in Saransk (240 km south of Gorki) on 16 April. He was immediately taken to hospital. A militia officer said that the attack could be linked to […]
(RSF/IFEX) – According to information released by RSF on 11 May 1998,
Stanislav Kholopov, editor-in-chief of the weekly “Stolitza-C”, was stabbed
twice with a knife near his home in Saransk (240 km south of Gorki) on 16
April. He was immediately taken to hospital. A militia officer said that the
attack could be linked to Kholopov’s journalistic work. Local sources have
indicated that the attack could have been prompted by articles written by
Kholopov concerning the militiaâs use of torture, articles which have led to
criminal cases being brought against regional high-ranking civil servants.
Police are following several other leads.
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Sergeï Stepachine
Interior Minister the Federation of Russia
Moscow
fax : +70 95 230 25 80
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