They hit him on the head with a bottle, and he lost consciousness. While he was unconscious they kicked him repeatedly all over the body, hit him on the head with a rock, and left him, still unconscious. He was later found and taken to the hospital.
Czech authorities deny that they keep information on ethnicity.
One of the students suffered a deep laceration on his head. When the police arrived they had to call for emergency transport of the young man to the hospital. Starting in August 2000, the Roma in Most have undertaken regular street patrols, equipped with mobile phones to call the police if they see any instances of violation of law such as drug abuse, racial crime and rioting. The thirteen Romani men involved in the patrols are employed by the Work Office to assist the police with security. The Work Office provided training in typewriting, fighting arts, Czech language, sports and other subjects for them in Kladno in November, according to Czech TV and a November 10 report in the daily Pr vo .