Several newspapers reported that one of the suspects in the death of more than 70 migrants who died in a truck in Austria is a Rrom from Bulgaria.

We ask: Is it relevant? NO, ethnicity has nothing to do with this. This was started by the Swiss magazine le Temps and promptly re-taken by a few others.

• Lévy, Alexandre. L’enquête sur le «camion de la mort» mène à un ghetto rom en Bulgarie. In: Le Temps. 03.09.2015. http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/09dbe8be-51ae-11e5-b0e6-4d604bb88ae2/Lenquête_sur_le_camion_de_la_mort_mène_à_un_ghetto_rom_en_Bulgarie
• Le Temps: Investigation into truck in Austria leads investigators to Roma ghetto in Bulgaria. In: Focus Information Agency. 03.09.2015. http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2015/09/03/382220/le-temps-investigation-into-truck-in-austria-leads-investigators-to-roma-ghetto-in-bulgaria.html
• Truck death suspect in Bulgarian court. In: The Local.at. 04.09.2015. http://www.thelocal.at/20150904/truck-death-suspect-in-bulgarian-court
• One of Bulgarians arrested in Austria for death truck case from Bulgaria’s Malorad. In: Focus Information Agency. 03.09.2015. http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2015/09/03/382250/one-of-bulgarians-arrested-in-austria-for-death-truck-case-from-bulgarias-malorad.html

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