Four Czechs behind a brutal arson attack last year, that targeted the home of a Romani family in Vítkov in the east of the country, have been handed extraordinary sentences of up to 22 years in jail. The verdict is the toughest ever handed down in the country regarding a racially-motivated crime. The court found that the four men – who had ties to right-wing extremism – threw firebombs at the Sivák family’s home to gain notoriety within the neo-Nazi movement.
