Updated Sep.7,2004 18:25 KST

Skinheads Murder North Korean in Vladivostok
Police disclosed Tuesday that a North Korean was murdered by skinheads in Vladivostok, Russia. Quoting the statements of witnesses, the police remarked that ten youths assaulted three North Koreans on Saturday, with one victim stabbed with a lethal weapon and killed. Although at that time, there were a lot of witnesses at the spot, nobody helped the North Koreans, who were in danger, and the attackers escaped.

Though about 100 North Korea-born laborers held a protest demonstration following the incident, the police dispersed the demonstrators. There are approximately 1,400 North Korean working in Russia's Maritime Province, including 500 construction workers in Vladivostok.

(englishnews@chosun.com )