Attack on Nigerian hate crime, police inaction will embolden attackers: Amnesty

Terming the brutal assault on a Nigerian national here a "hate crime", human rights NGO Amnesty International India on Tuesday said that police inaction in such cases of mob violence will only embolden attackers.

Responding to a video clip in the media showing the brutal assault on the Nigerian accused of committing theft by a mob in Delhi, Amnesty International India Programmes Director Asmita Basu said that the assault is "another example of hate crimes" against Africans in India.

"The Nigerian national was barely conscious and severely wounded when he was handed over to the police on September 24. Although the police registered an FIR against the Nigerian national upon his release from the hospital, it was only after the video emerged that an FIR was registered against his attackers," she said.

"Police inaction in cases of such mob violence will only embolden attackers. The Delhi police must bring all involved in the assault to justice," Basu added.

--IANS

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