/ world today news/ The police presence remains increased in the area of the capital’s “Orlandovtsi” district, BNR reported.
At 10 p.m., police officers and units of the gendarmerie blocked about 200-250 people in the square in the neighborhood and did not allow them to move. The entire leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was on the spot, calls were heard for people to disperse and come again in front of the community center on Monday at 7 p.m.
With shouts of “Bulgarians – heroes!” local residents are protesting the behavior of the residents of the two gypsy hamlets in the area.
There were no serious accidents.
Around 20 minutes after 21:00, buses with gendarmerie with helmets and shields started arriving in the besieged Roma neighborhood in the capital’s “Orlandovtsi” district.
Groups from the local Bulgarian community tried to break into the neighborhood, but were stopped by the police. In one of the attempts, a partial penetration was achieved, but then the attackers were taken out.
A huge police force continues to guard the Roma from the outburst of anger of the residents of the neighborhood, who have been joined by other people.
According to a senior police official, “police have prevented a serious collision in a local park”. Gypsies and protesters threw stones and cobblestones at each other. No information about arrests. There were several minor injuries, in one of the incidents a child was injured.
The director of the SDVR Mladen Marinov announced that “the police will be able to control the situation in the neighborhood”.
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