Gypsies afraid over violent 'gang attacks'
22 October 2012
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Reports of violent gang attacks are spreading fear in some of Britain’s traveller communities.
They include claims of groups of around 20 Polish and Irish men, all armed, attacking travellers, as well as stories of children being abducted and held hostage in return for money and jewellery.
While filming a group of Roma gypsies for a documentary, BBC Two’s Revealed Extra I had rare access to young people living in the communities.
I witnessed panic after hearing terrifying accounts of attacks on travellers and gypsies.
Megan, a Roma gypsy from near Cambridge, said she knew some of the alleged victims.
