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15. 02. 2015.

Fwd: France: Roma camp attacked during the night by armed men: the Police of the BAC open fir



France: Roma camp attacked during the night by armed men: the Police of the BAC open fire on the victims.

A serious occurrence

09 February 2015 | by JJMU

By Tieri Briet

"Something serious has just taken place in France. Another step in the banalization of a state racism.
A friend of mine wrote to me last night to warn me about what was, and so I am passing this information on to you.
Thus writers, poets or novelists, journalists or bloggers from all over may help to echo what the Roma people are going through nowadays in France and in Europe.
We need to report. We need to witness." I am quoting Philippe Lagatie, a long-time friend of Roma families living in the camp that suffered from the police’s attack.   



Sunday 8 of February 2015, four agents of the BAC (the anti-criminal branch) intervened in the Roma camp of Quatre-Cantons, near Lille.
It was dark, close to 10 pm and everything was calm in the camp.
Without uniforms or armbands, in civilian cars, the police men immediately gazed the inhabitants of the camp that came close, worried about such an intervention.
A witness describes the scene: “They arrived looking drunk and drugged, they fell on their own twice as they were advancing through the backfill.”
Without any reason nor explanations, they assaulted several people. Mainly children.
Some adults chased them from the camp, forcing them away in a pacific manner in as far as they could, in order to protect the children.
The policemen drew their weapons and fired shots in the air. A tear gas grenade was thrown, and its fumes burnt the eyes of several children.

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ERIO Team
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