Rome: Bangladeshi attacked
A young Bangladeshi was beaten, insulted and robbed by a group of five white youths as he returned home late on Saturday in Rome's mixed Pigneto neighbourhood, he said on Monday.
The youths allegedly smashed a beer bottle in 22-year-old Abdul Kashem's face, which gashed his neck and left his face covered with cuts.
Doctors at the nearby Vannini hospital confirmed the cuts to Kashem's face were consistent with "an act of agression" and said they would need a week to heal.
Kashem said the youths also stole his wallet containing 140 euros and his mobile phone - which they then threw on the ground, complaining that it wasn't a recent enough model.
He said that before the youths ran off, they told him: "Go back home to your country."
"They were all white and spoke Italian well," said Kashem.
"I don't have an Italian permit of stay, so I couldn't report the attack to the police," he added, explaining that friends had convinced him to speak publicly about the attack.
It came less than a week after a 35-year-old Pakistani man was left in a coma after a gang of youths savagely attacked him in Rome's deprived Tor Bella Monaca suburb. The incident drew condemnation from Pakistan's ambassador to Italy, Tasnim Aslam.
In February, Bangladesh's ambassador to Italy Masud Bin Momen deplored a series of attacks in Rome that had targeted Bangladeshi immigrants. In one incident a 39-year-old T-shirt seller was kicked and punched by a group of youths who allegedly called him "a dirty nigger" and stole his mobile phone.
In another incident, an Italian youth tried to set on fire three teenage Bangladeshi migrants with a spray can and a lighter, using it as a flame-thrower. The attack took place in central Rome's multi-ethnic Esquiline neighbourhood.
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Source: AKI (English)
See also: Rome: Savage attack leaves Pakistani in coma
A young Bangladeshi was beaten, insulted and robbed by a group of five white youths as he returned home late on Saturday in Rome's mixed Pigneto neighbourhood, he said on Monday.
The youths allegedly smashed a beer bottle in 22-year-old Abdul Kashem's face, which gashed his neck and left his face covered with cuts.
Doctors at the nearby Vannini hospital confirmed the cuts to Kashem's face were consistent with "an act of agression" and said they would need a week to heal.
Kashem said the youths also stole his wallet containing 140 euros and his mobile phone - which they then threw on the ground, complaining that it wasn't a recent enough model.
He said that before the youths ran off, they told him: "Go back home to your country."
"They were all white and spoke Italian well," said Kashem.
"I don't have an Italian permit of stay, so I couldn't report the attack to the police," he added, explaining that friends had convinced him to speak publicly about the attack.
It came less than a week after a 35-year-old Pakistani man was left in a coma after a gang of youths savagely attacked him in Rome's deprived Tor Bella Monaca suburb. The incident drew condemnation from Pakistan's ambassador to Italy, Tasnim Aslam.
In February, Bangladesh's ambassador to Italy Masud Bin Momen deplored a series of attacks in Rome that had targeted Bangladeshi immigrants. In one incident a 39-year-old T-shirt seller was kicked and punched by a group of youths who allegedly called him "a dirty nigger" and stole his mobile phone.
In another incident, an Italian youth tried to set on fire three teenage Bangladeshi migrants with a spray can and a lighter, using it as a flame-thrower. The attack took place in central Rome's multi-ethnic Esquiline neighbourhood.
(more)
Source: AKI (English)
See also: Rome: Savage attack leaves Pakistani in coma
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