KYIV, June 24 - Masked assailants have attacked a Roma camp in western Ukraine, killing one person and injuring four others including a child, police said Sunday.

The incident follows a series of attacks on Roma communities in Ukraine's capital Kyiv and in the cities of Lviv and Ternopil that have been condemned by rights groups.

A group of masked individuals attacked the camp on the outskirts of Lviv late on Saturday with weapons including batons, police spokesman Yaroslav Trakalo told Agence France-Presse by phone.