Seven African nationals, including women, alleged that they were subjected to racist comments and attacked by locals in South Delhi on Thursday. Three cases of physical assault and criminal intimidation of African nationals in South Delhi have been registered by police.
The attacks reportedly took place in Rajpur Khurd village and Chhattarpur. The victims were beaten with cricket bats, bricks and iron rods when they return home in cars and autorickshaws. Three victims were hospitalised after the attack. One injured received five stitches on his nose.
Kate, a native of Nigeria and mother of four-month-old boy, said she with her husband and child were on the way back to home in a car when they reached to the lane near her house, all of sudden a group of youth attacked their car. “Mob hurled bricks at windscreen of the car. Her husband was attacked with sharp object somehow he managed to drove away the car. Only god knows how we managed to survive, it was like that they want to kill us,” said Kate, a victim, who was also injured in the mob attack.
Victims told mob attacks on African nationals started at 10.30 pm and continued till 11 pm, it stopped only when a PCR arrived at the spot. “The mob attacked on every African who passed through the lane between 10.30 pm to 11 pm. We asked help from locals but no one came forward to save us. When we pleaded for help, locals just laughed from their balconies,” said victim Shamila, a Uganda national.
“Attacker kicked, slapped and abused women, they thrashed us with sticks and iron rods but no one rescued us. They were calling us ‘black’ and warned us to go back to their countries otherwise they will be attacked again,” said Kenneth Igbinosa, a victim.
Congolese women Vicky, a resident of the same locality, said her brother was ill and admitted in AIIMS, doctors had discharged him on Thursday and she was on the way back to her home in an auto when a group of youth attacked them.