A fight, near the Snezhinka cafe in Kislovodsk resulted in a killing of 19-year-old Georgian. According to one version, a young man of Georgian origin was talking to friends – an Armenian and Karachai. Cossacks dressed in military uniforms killed 21-year-old Armenian named Dzhonik with traumatic weapons, and cut a throat of the 19-year-old Georgian. Their friend, Karachai was admitted to hospital with multiple stab wounds, reported the Kavkazsli Uzel.

According to Russian experts, the attack was of a provocative nature and its purpose was to incite ethnic hatred, although the police investigate it as a common conflict.

Three participants of the incident were arrested. Stavropol police is on emergency mode.