Roma woman insulted a non-Roma woman in Gyöngyöspata
On April 24, a 58-year-old Roma woman insulted a 50-year-old non-Roma woman, who suffered light injuries, and was taken by ambulance to hospital, while her attacker was arrested by the police because of alleged rowdyism. According to the first press communication of National Police, the incident was not anteceded by verbal conflict. [1] However, according to the president of the local Roma self-goverment, the injured non-Roma woman harrassed verbally the offender.[2]
The incident followed the provisional evacuation [3] of the local Roma community due to the announcement of the plan to establish a permanent ’national training camp’ for paramilitary extremist groups by the leader of the extremist formation ‘Defence Force‘, Mr Tamás Esze, who bought private property in Gyöngyöspata, close to the Roma neighbourhood of the village. [4]
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- [1] ORFK (2011) Rowdyism in Gyöngyöspata (Garázdaság Gyöngyöspatán), 24th April 2011, available at: http://www.police.hu/heves/aktualis/hev20110424.html?query=gy%C3%B6ngy%C3%B6spata (last accessed: 29.02.2012).
- [2] MTI (2011) Atrocity in Gyöngyöspata, injured person taken by ambulance (Atrocitás történt Gyöngyöspatán, a sérültet mentő vitte el), in: HVG.hu (24.04.2011), available at: http://hvg.hu/itthon/20110424_atrocitas_tortent_gyongyospatan_serultet_ (last accessed: 29.02.2012).
- [3] TASZ (2011) Shadow report about the events at Gyöngyöspata (Árnyékjelentés a gyöngyöspatai eseményekről), 27th September 2011, available at: http://tasz.hu/files/tasz/imce/tasz_gyongyospata_arnyekjelentes_110927.pdf (last accessed: 29.02.2012).
- [4] Athena (2011) A detailed assessment of events that culminated in a physical clash provoked by extremist elements in the village of Gyöngyöspata complemented by a brief outlook and recommendations (29.04.2011), available at: http://athenaintezet.hu/en/news/read/164 (last accessed: 29.02.2012).
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