Murder of Oto Absolon in Svitavy

Neo-Nazi skinhead Vlastimil Pechanec fatally stabbed 29-year-old Romani man Oto Absolon in a bar in Svitavy. The court confirmed a racial motive and sentenced Pechanec, though far-right groups declared him a “martyr,” holding demonstrations in his support. The murder intensified Roma fears, symbolising the persistence of lethal antigypsyist violence into the 2000s.

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