Police monitor Romany house in wake of arson attack

Police in the town of Zdiby near Prague have installed a street camera to monitor the house of a Romany family which appears to have been the target of a racially motivated attack. Two Molotov cocktails were thrown at the house last Sunday, but missed the windows and hit an electricity switchboard on the house façade starting a fire. None of the ten people inside were injured but they say they fear for their lives and have asked for protection. Last month an arson attack on another Romany family left three people injured including a two year old who nearly burnt to death in the house. Police have not yet traced the perpetrators.