One man was injured after skin heads attacked a group of Roma people late Wednesday evening in downtown Sofia, close to the presidency. The attackers, about 20 skinheads, turned on the Roma people for no apparent reason and beat them up with bats and glass bottles. The Roma people from the Bulgarian town of Panagurishte has come to Sofia to attend a folk music concert. One of them had his nose broken. Police however soon intervened alerted by a security officer at the nearby Bulgarian National Bank and prevented further injuries. A team of medics came to check on the beaten Roma people. The incident comes days after a group of Neo-Nazis attacked young people who were on their way to rally against the illegal detention of foreigners at the Special Center for Temporary Accomodation of Foreigners in Busmantsi, widely known as the Bulgarian Guantanamo.
Novinite
