Noida attack: African envoys threaten to take issue to Human Rights Council

The attack on four Nigerian students took place on March 27 night in Greater Noida

African Heads of Mission have strongly condemned last week's attack on Nigerian nationals in Greater Noida, calling it "xenophobic and racial in nature", and kept open the possibility of taking the matter to international human rights bodies for an independent investigation if the government failed to take legal action against the perpetrators or took "sufficient or visible deterring measures" to avoid repeat of such incidents.

A statement issued after a meeting of the envoys — representing 54 countries of the African continent — following the incident and dated March 31 said, "As regards the recent unfortunate incident in Greater Noida, the