Czech Police seek witnesses to racist assault on Romani children from Mongaguá, whose representatives met with police, Baník Ostrava management, and the Mayor of Ostrava and reject hateful incitement from social media

Czech Police are investigating the incident in which Romani children and their coaches were subjected to racist insults from drunken football fans on a Czech train as a suspected crime of defamation of a nation, race, ethnic or other group. They are also looking for witnesses who could help identify the suspects or who have photographs or video footage of the incident. The incident took place on Saturday, 22 November, when a group of Romani children and their coaches from the Mongaguá organization were traveling by train from Děčín via Prague back to Ostrava. On the train, they encountered drunken Baník Ostrava fans who, according to eyewitnesses, verbally assaulted and intimidated them with remarks of a racialized nature. When the train arrived in Prague, both the drunken fans and the Mongaguá group had to transfer to their connecting train, but due to concerns for their personal safety, the Romani children and their coaches had to wait on board until the aggressive fans had all disembarked. The Mongaguá group were subsequently afraid to board the next train bound for Ostrava because those same fans were traveling on it, too.

via romea: Czech Police seek witnesses to racist assault on Romani children from Mongaguá, whose representatives met with police, Baník Ostrava management, and the Mayor of Ostrava and reject hateful incitement from social media