Updated On: 14 May, 2013 09:27 AM IST | | Agencies
A 23-year-old man beaten to death in Volgograd in south Russia was the victim of a homophobic gang, Russian investigators have said.
The naked body of the man with various injuries, including to his genitalia, was found in the courtyard of an apartment building May 10.
The victim's skull was smashed with a 20-kg rock and he appeared to have been raped with beer bottles. The suspects also tried to burn the body but failed to do so.