(ANSA-AFP) - LJUBLJANA, OCT 26 - The Slovenian interior and justice ministers resigned Sunday amid public outrage over the death of a man who was allegedly attacked by a member of the Roma community. "This shouldn't have happened. The responsible ministers have assumed their responsibilities and resigned," liberal Prime Minister Robert Golob told a news conference following an emergency meeting called on Sunday to discuss the incident. Interior Minister Bostjan Poklukar and Justice Minister Andreja Katic will remain in their positions until their successors are appointed, Golob said. A 48-year-old man was attacked in front of a bar early on Saturday in the city of Novo Mesto, in southeastern Slovenia, according to police. Media and local authorities attributed the attack to a group of Roma, while police reported only that they had detained a 21-year-old man with a criminal record. Tensions with the local Roma community have escalated in Novo Mesto over the last year amid an increase in petty crime and violence that is often blamed on the minority group. (ANSA-AFP).