Two-year-old remains in critical condition as police search for culprits of arson attack

The two-year-old girl who was injured in an arson attack on her home in Vítkov, north Moravia over the weekend, remains in critical condition. She suffered second and third degree burns on eighty percent of her body and doctors say her chances of survival are slim. Money and offers of help have been pouring in both from the Czech Republic and abroad. The Romany family whose house was burnt to the ground in the attack have been given temporary shelter. The police have asked the public to come forward and give evidence in the case. They have not yet officially confirmed a racial motif, but it is considered highly probable. The family’s house was set on fire by a group of men who threw petrol bombs in through the windows in the middle of the night. There have been torchings of other Romany houses in north Moravia in the past few years. No culprit was ever found.