A court in Hungary has sentenced four men for the racially motivated killings of six ethnic Roma between 2008 and 2009.
Three men were handed life terms, while an accomplice was sentenced to 13 years in prison.
The verdict is not final and can be appealed.
The four were arrested in August 2009 for armed attacks against Roma family homes on the edge of remote rural settlements that began in July 2008.
According to the indictment, in nine attacks the perpetrators used a total of 80 gun shots and set Roma homes on fire with Molotov cocktails.
Hungary's Roma are among the country's most disadvantaged citizens, often living in de facto segregation on the edge of villages.
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