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Egyptian student caught urinating at Russian memorial
Saturday January 12, 2013 09:01:18 PM,
RIA Novosti
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Moscow: Maximum punishment has been sought for an Egyptian national
studying in Russia after he desecrated the Eternal Flame in the
country by urinating on it.
The Egyptian, a 29-year-old postgraduate student at Volgograd
Medical University, urinated on the Eternal Flame at the Heroes
Alley in memory to the heroes of the Civil War (1917-1921) and the
Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) in the Volgograd city on New
Year's night.
Vladimir Gutenev, a State Duma deputy and member of the ruling
United Russia party, said the incident was "a blasphemy", adding
that the act could not possibly be tolerated.
"I believe that a citizen of Egypt, a country with a very ancient
culture… should be punished to the maximum extent of the law,"
Gutenev said, adding that it should serve as a warning to others.
The Egyptian, who was handed over to police by a group of people
following a clash with a person, later said he was sorry and it
happened after he drank too much alcohol with his Russian friends.
A city magistrate sentenced the Egyptian student to 10 days of
administrative arrest for "petty hooliganism". But now is he
facing more serious charges -- desecration of the grave and
causing light bodily harm, which carries a prison sentence of up
to five years.
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