Revenge established as motive for racist attack in Kotka

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According to local police, revenge was the motive behind the racist attack against the Kotka apartment block housing refugees from Myanmar.
      The chain of events began with a fight between a Finnish Kotka resident and a foreign man in Aatteenkatu in Kotka's Suulisniemi district. Later, a group of young Finnish men returned to Aatteenkatu for retaliation, in the process of which they smashed dozens of windows of apartments occupied by refugees.
      The police are investigating the incident as wilful damage and aggravated disturbance of domestic peace. The fight is being looked into as assault. In the course of the investigation, three young men from Kotka were detained for questioning, but at present there are no people being held in custody.


Previously in HS International Edition:
  Mob smashes windows of apartments housing refugees from Myanmar (28.8.2006)

Helsingin Sanomat