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The witnesses stated that the assailants shouted, "We are burning all the
niggers like yourself in Rome". The assailants were arrested, but were later
released on bail.
D.
Netherlands
Rossmalen, 29 July 1994
62.
A refugee woman from the former Yugoslavia was carjacked with
her 2-year-old daughter. She was later found, with her nose cut off, in a
Cologne parking lot, but her daughter was missing. It is alleged that the
victims were attacked by racists.
Delfzjil, August 1994
63.
Severe damage was caused in the Yunus Emre mosque as a result of an
attack by neo-Nazis. Slogans such as "I love Adolf Hitler" and
"Rudolph Hess", as well as carvings of swastikas, were traced on the inner
walls of the mosque. It was reported that the mosque, which was used as a
place of worship by Muslims from Turkey, Morocco and Suriname, had been
burgled in the past. It is alleged that the incident was racially motivated
as it followed two others in Staadskanaal and Meeden, in February and in July
respectively.
Ostzaan, August 1994
64.
Neo-Nazi Dutch teenagers beat Recep Okuyycu (Turkish origin) who
witnessed the beating of an Israeli man by the same neo-Nazis and tried to
help the victim at the Ostzaan Fair. The assailants had swastika tattoos on
their arms and shouted fascist slogans.
E.
Norway
Bergen, July 1994
65.
The Brazilian anthropologist Professor Carmen Junqueira and a Brazilian
bank director, Nadim Thomé, were refused entry into the Maxim Pub, where they
went with their Norwegian friend, Lasse Paust, on the grounds that they were
intoxicated. They were grossly harassed by the two doormen at the entrance.
When they went to the police to report the incident, it was confirmed that
Junqueira and Thomé were not at all intoxicated. It is alleged that this
humiliating incident is a manifestation of racist attitudes towards foreigners
in Norway.
F.
Sweden
Stockholm, 2 April 1994
66.
An arson attack was carried out on the Turkish-Swedish Democratic Youth
Association around 1.30 a.m. which resulted in serious damage.