Estonian Police Criticized for Reaction to Antisemitic Incident

(April 26, 2006)

An Israeli citizen who barely escaped being the victim of an antisemitic attack in Tallin, Estonia is accusing local police of being indifferent to the incident, according to an English language summary of an April 13, 2006 report in the Estonian national daily Postimees prepared by UCSJ's Baltic Bureau. Roman Ilin-an Israeli citizen who directs a St. Petersburg theater-was returning from a rehearsal on the evening of April 6 via an underground tunnel inside Tallin's Viru trade center when he heard the word “Jew!” shouted at him. Two neo-Nazis threw a beer bottle at him and started chasing him and his friend. They managed to escape and went to a police station to report in the incident. Mr. Ilin is cited in the article criticizing the indifference of the police to their report, a charge that a local police spokeswoman refuted. Police are currently investigating the incident.

http://www.fsumonitor.com/stories/042606Estonia.shtml