Punk legends The Exploited have just posted that a fan of the band was killed in Russia after their concert in Saint Petersburg, and reports say he was trying to stop neo-Nazis from using the Sieg Heil gesture.

According to these reports, following the gig at the city's Cosmonaut venue, a 27-year-old man named Igor, confronted a group who were using the Nazi salute. A scuffle ensued and Igor was stabbed in the abdomen. A medical team quickly arrived at the scene, but the man died a short time later. Life say that eyewitnesses saw the offender flee the scene, and that police are still on the hunt for the suspect.

The band released this statement condemning what happened: "We have just been told that an Exploited fan had been killed outside our gig in Saint Petersburg after Saturday's concert which took place at the club 'Cosmonaut'. Our condolences go out to his family and hopefully they catch the people who did this. Fucking scummy cunts. There are a lot of people here talking shit as if it is The Exploited's fault that this kid got killed outside a gig, let's get a few points cleared up. If we had seen any cunt sieg heiling at our gig we would have had them kicked the fuck out. Also, if the people who are talking shit had seen someone do this then why did they do fuck all about it?

"There was 1700 people at the gig. We had stopped playing 5 or 6 times due to the bouncers beating up the punks at the front of the stage. Nazis skins or punks are cunts and are not welcome to our gigs EVER once again, some people should think before they post shit up on our Facebook page. We have blocked a few people as they are just idiots and never fucking listen to fact or reason. You will know who they are."

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