A Kenyan lady was attacked on Wednesday as a mob mistook her for a Nigerian in the latest racist attacks on Nigerians living in India.
The 24-year-old lady, Maria Burendi, was in transit running personal errands when she was attacked. She said the mob stopped her cab around 6:30 am by a dozen men who proceeded to beat
“They stopped the car and asked me to get out. When the cabbie and I stepped out, they started slapping me saying that Nigerians are bad. When I said that I was a Kenyan, one of the guys asked them to stop and they relented,” she said.
“I was not expecting this. I wanted to buy some food items but could not. Later I thought I could collect my African hair wig from my friend’s place in Greater Noida. It was then that the attack took place,” she said.
The police, in response to the incident, said that Burendi’s story was doubtful. They said the cab driver denied any occurrence of an attack when he was questioned.