frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
I can't remember this being posted by the way.
http://www.romea.cz/en/features-and...eparatists-want-to-purge-slavyansk-of-gypsies
Anti fascists again
http://www.romea.cz/en/features-and...eparatists-want-to-purge-slavyansk-of-gypsies
Another attack on local Romani people took place on 22 April in the Ukrainian town of Slavyansk, which is currently being ruled by pro-Russian separatists. German news server Die Welt quotes one of the separatists as saying the pro-Russian forces want to purge the town of "gypsies".
News server Romea.cz was the first media outlet in the Czech Republic to report on the attacks. Die Welt has now reported directly from the scene, where the newspaper has mapped the attacks against local Roma in detail.
"Pavel is picking up shards of glass from in front of his house. The windows are broken. There are bullet holes in the heavy metal doors. He and his wife Natalia will not be spending another night here. Most of their eight children, 10 grandchildren and the other relatives who lived in neighboring houses in this Romani community have already left," Die Welt reports.
Local Romani residents have now confirmed information published last week by Romea.cz. About 10 men came to their homes after dark to carry out the attack.
Some of the assailants were wearing camouflage uniforms, others wore civilian clothing and masks. The armed men fired rifles into the air, aimed at the doors and windows, and forced open the shutters.
A resident named Pavel told Die Welt that the armed men yelled: "Give us your cash, all your gold and your drugs!" They then shot a dog so no one would doubt they meant business.
"They broke into our yard through the main gate and started shooting at the window. They were wearing masks and there were about 15 of them," Natasha Cherepovska described the attack to the New York Times. "They wanted money and gold, but we don't have any."
Anti fascists again