Piricse: Molotov cocktails were thrown at two houses owned by Roma

Alert DateAugust 8, 2008 Country: Hungary Address: Piricse General Type: Racist violence, Discrimination Racism and discrimination phenomena: Anti-roma/zinghanophobia
Groups affected / Interested in: Roma & Travelers

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Victims Data
Victims Nationality/Ethnic Origin Hungarian
Victims Gender Female
Victims Age N/A
Victims Number 1
Fatalities - deaths N/A
Perpetrators Data
Perpetrators Nationality/Ethnic Origin Hungarian
Perpetrator Gender N/A
Perpetrator Age N/A
Perpetrators Number N/A
Extremist/Organised Group Violence No

In 2008, at Piricse, Molotov cocktails were thrown at two houses owned by Roma. A woman was shot in her leg when she stepped out of one of the houses.[1] 

[1]     EÖKK (2009) Cigánynak lenni Magyarországon, Jelentés 2008 (Public Foundation for European Comparative Minority Research: A Roma's Life in Hungary. Report 2008), Budapest: Európai Összehasonlító Kisebbségkutatások Közalapítvány, p. 218.