Czech Republic: Neo-Nazis assault eight people, injuring four

Date 27 June 2012 Author Zdeněk Ryšavý Category Uncategorised

During a nighttime spree of violence last Thursday, five drunken neo-Nazis attacked a total of eight young people in the Czech town of Slaný. The series of three unprovoked attacks resulted in injuries to four people. A 25-year-old man has been hospitalized with a serious head wound. News server Romea.cz has determined that several of those who were assaulted are Romani.

“On Thursday 28 June after 10 PM the Czech Police emergency line in Slaný received a report of a violent assault. After arriving at the scene, the patrol determined a total of eight people had been attacked. The five assailants, the two oldest of whom were 19 years old, first attacked people in a parking lot on Ouvalova street, then in Šultysova street, and lastly in the local Hamburk restaurant. Three of the perpetrators are from Kladno, one is from Prague and one is from the Slaný area,” Jana Steinerová, spokesperson for the Kladno Police, told news server Romea.cz.