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One of the Tsar Kiro family houses in the village of Katunitsa. Photo by Monitor.bg
150 riot police have been stationed in the central southern Bulgaria village of Katunitsa, after violence between local ethnic Bulgarians and Roma erupted Friday overnight.
The village nearby major Bulgarian city of Plovdiv is home to part of the family of famous Bulgarian Roma clan leader Kiril Rashkov, aka Tsar Kiro.
According to residents, Friday night a van full of Tsar Kiro relatives intentionally raced and ran down to death a local 19-year-old, who was walking his dog.
This provoked men from the village to gather in protest around the Rashkov family houses.
Two policemen arrived on the spot, after which another car raced full into the crowd, including the officers, and hid in one of the houses' yards.
Angry rioters then threw incendiary devices at the Tsar Kiro houses, after which fire squads and riot police were sent off to the village.
A police press conference is scheduled in Katunitsa for 11 am EET.
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