Friends of Refugees

A U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program Watchdog Group

Refugees In Harrisburg Hit By String Of Strong-Arm Robberies and Attacks

Posted by Christopher Coen on February 2, 2012

***UPDATE** February 7, 2012 — Police say a group of five or six local high school age teens responsible.

Police believe that refugees have been targeted in a string of strong-arm robberies and attacks since January in Harrisburg, Penn. A blurb at FOX-43 explains:

Since early January into February, Harrisburg Police are investigating a string of strong-arm robberies and attacks that have struck the Uptown Harrisburg neighborhood.

Police believe many of the attacks have targeted refugees…

…The attacks have ripped the quiet and diverse community apart said Tanya Jones, who has several neighbors from Nepal, “They are very descent people to live around.”… Read more here

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