SKINHEAD STABS 9 AT MOSCOW SYNAGOGUE

Man stabs nine at Moscow synagogue
A man stabbed at least nine men at Moscow's Bronnaya Synagogue just before the evening service when it was full of worshippers. The man, identified by police as Alexander Koptsev, 20, struck out at random before being pushed to the ground by Yitzhak Kogan, the shul's rabbi, who had been stabbed, and his son. One man was in critical condition and at least four others are in serious condition, medical officials said. Among those wounded were Russians, Israelis, an American and a resident of Tajikistan. Witnesses said the attacker, who looked like a skinhead, shouted, "I came to kill you" as he went on the rampage.

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Alexander Kopstev, A 20-year-old skinhead armed with a knife stabbed eight people, seriously wounding five, in a synagogue in downtown Moscow Wednesday, a police spokesman said.
According to Russian news sources, three people were moderately wounded. Among those wounded was the synagogue's rabbi's son-in-law, a rabbi himself who was undergoing surgery, said Avraham Berkowitz, the executive director of Jewish communities in the former Soviet Union. A witness told Channel 2 Wednesday night that he heard some people say that the attacker yelled "Heil Hitler" as he attacked.