The Czech Minister of the Interior, Vít Rakušan, has announced that the Roma family whose home was firebombed in 2009 can ask for help if they feel threatened again. Two of the four neo-Nazi perpetrators of the arson attack were released from prison on Tuesday.
Mr. Rakušan said that the family are not automatically entitled to police protection, but that a way has been found to help them. Police representatives have met with them in recent days.
The attack in the Moravian town of Vítkov left three members of the Roma family injured, with two-year-old Natália suffering burns on 80 percent of her body and losing three fingers. She has since undergone over 100 operations.