UK: Three British Hindus beaten up in London park in racially motivated attack

LONDON: Three British Hindu men were asked their ethnicity successful a London parkland and, erstwhile they replied they were Indian and Sri Lankan, were viciously beaten up successful an unprovoked onslaught by 3 older men who appeared to beryllium Muslim, it has emerged.Two of the men suffered blows to the caput and were near unconscious; each had to spell to Northwick Park Hospital. They person each been near with cuts and bruises and 2 person been near with facial fractures. Tory MP Bob Blackman raised the lawsuit successful the House of Commons connected Thursday, describing it arsenic “religious hatred.”TOI has present tracked down the sister of 1 of the men, a British Indian Gujarati Hindu, aged 20, a first-year assemblage pupil studying radiography.

It turns retired helium had gone to Harrow Recreation Ground with 2 friends connected May 30 to play cricket. The friends are British Hindus of Sri Lankan descent, aged 20 and 21.The 3 of them went to a store astatine 6 pm, walking past a café wherever a radical of astir 8 radical were seated. It appeared to beryllium a Muslim family, with immoderate of the women wearing hijabs. They looked backmost astatine their different friends playing cricket erstwhile 1 of the men extracurricular the café got up and confronted the 3 Hindus and asked them wherefore they were looking astatine his family, his sister told TOI.

They replied that they were not looking astatine his household and were looking astatine friends playing cricket. Then a somewhat older antheral from the café radical came implicit and asked: “What is your problem? Why are you talking to my brother?” The 3 men tried to defuse the concern and the 2 men seemed to judge their answer.They went backmost to the parkland and sat connected a bench.Around 30 minutes later, 3 men from the cafe group, successful their mid to precocious 20s, came implicit and became precise aggressive, asking, “Where are you from? Are you Sri Lankan? Are you Indian?”To which 1 of the Sri Lankan-origin men replied: ”Yes, we are.”The 3 men past bushed them up relentlessly, punching and kicking them until the British Indian and his person were near lying unconscious connected the ground, the sister said.“My member was wearing a ineffable thread from a mandir connected his wrist,” the sister said.One of the attackers was wearing a Moroccan shot T-shirt with the fig 2 and the connection “Hakimi”.Police and ambulances arrived and the British Indian was taken to the hospital.

The different 2 had to marque their ain mode there.“My member is struggling. He feels arsenic if radical are looking astatine him and is ashamed to measurement retired of the house. He has ne'er been progressive successful a combat before,” the sister told TOI connected Friday.“He has conscionable done his first-year exams and was meant to resume his two-week objective placement the week aft the onslaught and that has been enactment connected hold.” She besides said she was unhappy with however the constabulary probe was progressing, arsenic 2 weeks later, they inactive had not examined CCTV footage.The Met Police told TOI they were called to woody with a “fight” and 1 antheral was taken to infirmary “with a caput injury”. “There is nary grounds astatine this clip that this onslaught was racially motivated. Our enquiries into the circumstances continue. No arrests person been made,” a spokesperson said.