The inscription on the banner on the left: "Do not be a slave in your own country."
The inscription on the banner on the right: "When the law turns into lawlessness, resistance is necessary."
Anti-Gypsy unrest in Bulgaria - mass unrest in Bulgaria at the end of September 2011, the reason for which was the death of a Bulgarian, hit by a gypsy baron’s car.
Content
- 1 Events in Katunica
- 2 Developments
- 3 Consequences
- 4 Gallery
- 5 notes
- 6 References
Events in Katunitsa
Unrest swept Bulgaria after a minibus of the gypsy baron Kirill Rashkov shot down 19-year-old Angel Petrov in the village of Katunitsa (near Plovdiv ) on September 23 . Of particular indignation was the fact that the baron’s car disappeared from the scene, and the baron himself was suspected of having connections with the underworld. During the unrest that broke out the next day ( September 24 ) in the village of Katunitsa, several hundred local residents approached the baron’s mansion and, breaking windows, set fire to it, as well as the baron’s cars parked nearby. With police officers arriving at the scene, the locals clashed. In the evening, football fans of the Lokomotiv club came to Plovdiv to help the locals [1] . September 27, Kirill Rashkov was arrested and placed in Plovdiv prison [2] .
Developments
The funeral of the deceased Angel Petrov in Plovdiv on September 25 turned into a national wave of protest that swept 14 Bulgarian cities, including Blagoevgrad , Burgas , Varna , Pazardzhik , Plevna , Plovdiv , Sofia . In Plovdiv, the objects of attacks by protesters were the gypsy quarters Stolipinovo, Sheker Mahala and Ajisan Mahala , which, however, the police managed to defend. On September 26, the rallies were accompanied by riots, during which both law enforcement officers and demonstrators suffered. In Varna, the police managed to repel the attack on the gypsy quarter "Maksuda" [3] . Police arrested 168 procession participants who had their knives, bats, hammers, pipes from vacuum cleaners and even explosive devices seized. Among the detainees were football fans, activists of right-wing radical organizations ( VMRO - Bulgarian National Movement ) and minors. The main requirement of the demonstrators is the expulsion of gypsies from the country [4] .
However, the Gypsies were far from always acting as the injured party. So on September 30 in Blagoevgrad, the police managed to block and arrest a crowd of 200 armed gypsies who were preparing to provoke riots [5]
On Saturday , October 1, in the capital of Bulgaria Sofia, thousands of anti-Gypsy demonstrations took place under the slogans: “Bulgaria without gypsies”, “Do not be a slave in your country” [6]
Consequences
As a result of the unrest, President Georgy Pyrvanov convened the National Security Council on October 1, 2011 [7]
Gallery
- Anti-Gypsy protest in Sofia, September 27, 2011
Protesters in the square in front of the National Assembly
Police start crackdown on protesters
Protesters throw firecrackers at police
Police break protesters into small groups and cut them off from the crowd
Police break protesters into small groups and cut them off from the crowd
- Anti-Gypsy protest in Sofia, October 1, 2011
The start of the demonstration.
"When the law turns into lawlessness, resistance is imperative."
More…
and more people join the protesters.
Police are blocking demonstrators.
To protect the event, even the forces of the Bulgarian gendarmerie are involved.
Stop the terror. We are Bulgarians.
Bulgarian youth at a demonstration.
Young demonstrator with the Bulgarian flag.
At the end of the demonstration, about 5,000 people protest against gypsy crime in Bulgaria.
Notes
- ↑ Massacre in a Bulgarian village: there are victims
- ↑ After numerous anti-Gypsy protests, King Kiro is still arrested (inaccessible link)
- ↑ After the night riots, the situation in Bulgaria returned to normal (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Anti-Gypsy protests swept over Bulgaria (inaccessible link)
- ↑ 200 armed gypsies arrested in Bulgaria
- ↑ About three thousand people took part in a protest in Bulgaria
- ↑ Due to recent unrest, Bulgarian President convenes National Security Council (inaccessible link)