The group attacked a car with shovels, machetes, baseball bats and a cane bearing the slogan “Death to Hungarians” early last year. Of the car’s three passengers, two received slight injuries, while the subsequent repairs to the car cost Ft 100,000.

Before the attack text messages had been sent around the Roma community, warning of an impending attack by fascist skinheads, but these proved to be false. The verdict is open to appeal."

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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