Slovakian troops sent in to stop gipsy riots By Francis Harris in Prague (Filed: 26/02/2004) Slovakian troops were deployed on the streets yesterday for the first time since the fall of communism to stop looting by Roma gipsies protesting against welfare cuts. Thousands of police backed by 2,000 soldiers in the ghetto towns of eastern Slovakia appeared to have temporarily ended attacks by mobs forcing their way into food shops. Near 100 per cent unemployment has brought thousands of Roma gypsies out on the streets The rioting was the most serious social disturbance in the young democracy, forcing the authorities...
