(AhlulBayt News Agency) - A Muslim woman had her Hijab ripped from her head as she was strolling down a street with pals in a “racially and religiously motivated” assault.
The woman, in her 20s, was walking on Tottenham High Road in north London with a friend and another woman at 7.30pm two weeks ago when she was attacked.
As the victim crossed the road she was approached by two males from behind before one of the men pulled down the headscarf she was wearing and ran away.
The attack took place on Wednesday September 28 and has been described as “a racially motivated assault” by police.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “The victim was not injured but was shocked and distressed by the incident.”
Since June 23 when Britons opted for an exit from the European Union, there has been an upsurge in the hate crime reported across the country.
Since then, UK police have arrested over 400 people suspected of committing hate crimes, a figure which is double the number of offenses before the Leave vote.
On October 4, the Strasbourg-based council, a human rights and democracy watchdog body separate from the EU, released a report, expressing its concern over what it called a rise in "anti-foreigner sentiment."
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9 October 2016 - 15:39
News ID: 784468
A Muslim woman in the UK has had her hijab pulled down on a busy street in what seems to be a racially-motivated assault.
