Mława pogrom
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The Mława pogrom was a series of violent incidents in June 1991, when a mob attacked Roma residents of the Polish town of Mława.
On June 26, some sixty Mława youths destroyed the house of a Roma leader. The assailants quickly grew in number and began burning other Roma homes. Despite a number of Roma being injured and thousands of the town's inhabitants looking on, no one intervened. Some Roma found protection at the local police station.
The pogrom lasted five days. A total of 21 Roma houses and 10 apartments were destroyed.
The main cause of the pogrom was a Roma driver having run down two young Poles, one of whom died, while the other remained paralyzed for the rest of her life. The Roma driver was released from arrest the same day, causing the chain of events that resulted in the pogrom.
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