Interior minister condemns assault on Ukrainian women in Plasy as hate crime

Interior Minister Vít Rakušan has condemned an attack that took place on two Ukrainian women in the Plzeň region ten days ago. Linking to an article about the incident published on news site Novinky.cz on Wednesday, the interior minister wrote on social media site X, formerly Twitter, than the attack was an abomination and that the political responsibility for it falls on those who have been spreading hate speech about Ukrainians.

The police are investigating the incident that took place on Sunday, August 13 in the town of Plasy, north of Plzeň, in which a driver reportedly pulled up beside the two women, who were sitting and chatting by the side of the road, and asked them if they were Ukrainian. After they answered in the affirmative, he proceeded to brutally assault them. The younger of the two, a 34-year-old mother, ended up in hospital with an open fracture of the jaw, a fractured cheekbone, and a broken nose.