Russian Police Raid Homes of Romani People After Ethnic Tensions Flare in Chelyabinsk Region

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
to Roma, where they damaged property and clashed with riot police
The unrest came amid rumors that two Romani men stabbed a woman to death.At the time, local media identified the murdered woman as Yelena
Sarafanova, a mother of two and a taxi driver
However, regional authoritiesreferred to her by the name of Yelena Manzhosova.Regional investigatorsarrested a 17-year-old in Korkino on
suspicion of killing the woman, who had been driving him home as a passenger
Another male was also arrested as part of the ongoing murder investigation.After a video circulating on social media showed uniformed agents
escorting a group of men into a police van, law enforcement officials in the Chelyabinsk region confirmed that 20 Roma had been detained in