Deported Roma girl's parents attacked by unknown assailants in Kosovo.
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The parents of a Roma schoolgirl, whose deportation from France sparked outrage, have been attacked in Kosovo.
[QUOTE]Police said the parents of Leonarda Dibrani were beaten by unknown assailants in Mitrovica. Her mother was treated in hospital for her injuries.
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24603384[/url][/QUOTE]
And some background info.
[QUOTE]The 15-year-old, her parents and five siblings were expelled on 9 October, after they lost their asylum battle.
An inquiry is under way in France as to why Leonarda was forcibly removed from her school bus in view of other pupils.
French President Francois Hollande offered Leonarda the opportunity to return to France - on her own.
She rejected his offer.
The Dibrani family left Kosovo for France five years ago and were living in Levier, in the Doubs region of eastern France. They cited discrimination in Kosovo as grounds for asylum.
An order for their expulsion was issued after they lost their case. After two postponements, their deportation was rescheduled for this month.
On 9 October, the family was put on a plane to Pristina, Kosovo's capital. Since then, they have been living in the divided city of Mitrovica.
French Interior Minister Manuel Valls has insisted that the deportation of Leonarda and the rest of her family had been carried out in line with established procedure.[/QUOTE]
Mitrovica is one of the worst cities in Kosovo, its split and has tensions with both Serbs and Albanias, throw in some Roma and its an ethnic disaster.
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