Two Roma women killed in bomb attack in Roma village Dobruška Vas

Alert DateJune 3, 2005 Country: Slovenia Address: Dobruška vas, Slovenia General Type: Racist violence Racism and discrimination phenomena: Anti-roma/zinghanophobia
Groups affected / Interested in: Roma & Travelers
Victims Data
Victims Nationality/Ethnic Origin Slovenian
Victims Gender Female
Victims Age 18-25, 46-55
Victims Number 3
Fatalities - deaths 2
Perpetrators Data
Perpetrators Nationality/Ethnic Origin Slovenian
Perpetrator Gender Male
Perpetrator Age 26-35
Perpetrators Number 3
Extremist/Organised Group Violence No

Two Roma women, a mother and her daughter, were killed  on 3rd June 2005 in the Roma village Dobruška Vas, when two perpetrators arrived by car and dropped a bomb through the window into their bedroom.  One of the perpetrators had been involved in a similar bomb attack in the nearby Roma village Brezje a month earlier, when the bomb had missed the window, but still had wounded a Roma woman. After four successive trials, in March 2011 the three perpetrators (one of them being involved in both attacks), all ethnic Slovenians, were convicted to 30, 20 and 8 years of imprisonment.

Dolenjski list, 17.3.2011, http://www.dolenjskilist.si/2011/03/17/39682/novice/clanek/Bombasem_tokrat_zapor_pritozbe_na_Vrhovno_sodisce/, Date of access: 31.10.2011.

Slovenske novice, 17.3.2011, http://www.slovenskenovice.si/clanek/144453, Date of access: 31.10.2011.

Photo: Dejan Javornik, Slovenske novice, 17.2.2011, http://www.slovenskenovice.si/clanek/144453, Date of access: 31.10.2011.