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Romanians burn 11 Gypsy houses

Tuesday 31 May 1994 23:02 BST
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Romanians set fire to Gypsy houses in north-west Romania in apparent revenge for a murder, AP reports from Bucharest. Eleven houses belonging to Gypsies in the village of Racsa, 280 miles from Bucharest, were set on fire on Sunday after Friday's discovery of the body of a Romanian, Toma Craciun, whom villagers apparently believed had been killed by Gypsies.

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