Mława riot
1991 riot in Mława, Poland
The Mława riot, or Mława incident, or Mława pogrom (Polish: Pogrom mławski), was a series of violent devastations and looting incidents on 26–27 June 1991, when a group of youth estimated at 200 individuals, including young females, invaded the homes of Roma residents of the Polish town of Mława, causing them to flee. Not a single Roma person was injured in the riot, but the material losses were substantial, affecting up to 40% of residences.
Many perpetrators were arrested on-site; at trial, a number were sentenced to jail. The violence was described as motivated by racism and jealousy. The incident that triggered the riot was the killing of a Polish pedestrian struck, along with his companion, in a hit-and-run by a Romani male driver.
Background
The immediate cause of the riot was a hit-and-run accident just before midnight on 23 June 1991 on the pedestrian crossing at Piłsudskiego and Zuzanny Morawskiej streets. A speeding luxury car driven by seventeen-year-old Roman Packowski (who was of Romani ethnicity) hit and seriously injured two young pedestrians, killing one of them. The driver fled the scene and hid from the police. He was later convinced by the Roma elders to turn himself in. Soon after the accident the local radio station informed that the driver had fled the scene.
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