Attacked by football fans

Alert DateJanuary 13, 2009 Country: Poland Address: Białystok General Type: Racist violence Racism and discrimination phenomena: Anti-migrant/xenophobia
Groups affected / Interested in: Migrants Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Sport, Daily life

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Victims Data
Victims Nationality/Ethnic Origin Norwegian, Vietnamese
Victims Gender Male
Victims Age N/A
Victims Number 3
Fatalities - deaths N/A
Perpetrators Data
Perpetrators Nationality/Ethnic Origin Polish
Perpetrator Gender N/A
Perpetrator Age N/A
Perpetrators Number 20
Extremist/Organised Group Violence No

 

Three foreign students went to watch a Poland-Germany football match in the open-air pub in the city centre of Bialystok. Right after they arrived, a group of fans started making ape sounds. Fans screamed and threw beer cans at them, shouting ‘Ku Klux Klan’. Shortly afterwards, they assaulted the foreigners physically, kicking and beating them up. As a result, one of the students (Norwegian of Asian origin) was injured, his ankle was broken.


 

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7J-b5jbasc

Source: Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, report: Racism in Poland. Report on Reserach Among Victims of Violence with Reference to their Racial, National or Ethnic Origin, avaiable at: http://www.hfhrpol.waw.pl/pliki/HFPC_Rasizm_w_Polsce.pdf