A court in Russia’s Far East on Monday found three men guilty of murdering a man in an attack that prosecutors said was motivated by homophobia. The three men were convicted of stabbing and beating the man, Oleg Serdyuk, to death in a forest near the village of Ust-Bolsheretskii in the Kamchatka region in May, and then burning his body in a car. Prosecutors said the defendants had killed Mr. Serdyuk because they believed he was gay. The men received sentences ranging from nine to 12 and a half years in a labor camp. Advocates for gay rights in Russia have claimed that the number of homophobic attacks has risen since the introduction of a law last year banning “gay propaganda” among children.
World Briefing: Russia: 3 Jailed in Anti-Gay Caseby By PATRICK REEVELL
A court in Russia’s Far East on Monday found three men guilty of murdering a man in an attack that prosecutors said was motivated by homophobia.
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