Yellow police tape and bloodstains are seen at the window of an apartment after a mob of angry Mexicans attacked a 42-year-old Russian in an attempt to lynch him in Cancun, Mexico, May 20, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A mob of angry Mexicans attacked a Russian man in the Caribbean resort of Cancun with sticks and rocks over his repeated insults against locals, and the 42-year-old man was accused of fatally stabbing a youth in the melee, authorities said on Saturday.
Police rescued the Russian, identified as Aleksei Makeev, after the crowd stormed his apartment on Friday night, said Guillermo Brahms, secretary general of Benito Juarez municipality, which encompasses Cancun.
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