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The incident took place on Hesaraghatta Road in Bengaluru on Saturday night after a Sudanese national ran his car over a 35-year-old woman resulting in on the spot death of the woman.
Updated : Feb 03, 2016, 10:57 PM IST
The Bengaluru Police on Wednesday filed an FIR against some unknown persons in connection with the assault on a 21-year-old Tanzanian student. The Tanzanian student was beaten and then stripped by a group of locals in Bengaluru after they assumed she was part of an incident in which a Sudanese man had run over a local woman. ‘This girl arrived at the spot 30 minutes after the accident from a different route. They saw the mob attacking the guy, who had caused the accident, the girl had no connection with him,’ Bosco Kaweesi, Legal Adviser, All African Students Union told the media here. Kaweesi further said the victim was assaulted in the worst possible manner.
The incident took place on Hesaraghatta Road in Bengaluru on Saturday night after a Sudanese national ran his car over a 35-year-old woman resulting in on the spot death of the woman. The Tanzanian student was travelling in another car, a Wagon-R, along with four others.
The young woman, who arrived on the spot around 30 minutes later, was dragged out of the car and paraded naked after being stripped by the mob. The victim told the police in her complaint that when she tried to get on a bus in order to escape the assault, people on the bus pushed her back towards the mob. Earlier, the local residents set fire to two cars belonging to the African students, who studied in local colleges in Ganapathinagar on Hesaraghatta Road.
In a sea of rotten humanity in Bangalore, worst were those on the bus who threw the Tanzanian girl back towards the mob
— Gappistan Radio (@GappistanRadio) February 3, 2016
Shocking incident of racist gender violence by a mob against an African young woman in Bangalore. Can we miss the... https://t.co/LSdmSPRq5O
— Kavita Krishnan (@kavita_krishnan) February 3, 2016
When stripped Tanzanian girl in Bangalore tried escaping in BMTC bus, passengers pushed her onto road: Eyewitness!
— Rasheed Kappan (@kappansky) February 3, 2016
WHAT. a bangalore mob assaults, strips, parades young tanzanian woman student. excuse: an UNRELATED accident. https://t.co/2bxjiufSLc
— Supriya Nair (@supriyan) February 3, 2016
Depressing beyond belief. The Tanzanian lady in Bl'ore tried to seek refuge in a bus and autorickshaw after being stripped. Was pushed away
— Padmaja joshi (@PadmajaJoshi) February 3, 2016
Sudanese guy causes accident.
— Sorabh Pant (@hankypanty) February 3, 2016
Tanzanian girl caught.
Stripped, beaten.
Because, if you're a misogynist & racist, who has time for geography?
How can we ever apologise enough to her? "Bengaluru: Mob strips Tanzanian girl, torches her car as police watch" https://t.co/aEQu3O3keY
— Anna MM Vetticad (@annavetticad) February 3, 2016
As a nation, we owe an apology to the Tanzanian woman. 5000 years of civilization has fallen to such low. Shame on us.
— Kunāl (@kunalmajumder) February 3, 2016
Happens as Karnataka pretends to be a welcoming investment destination. Disgraceful, Siddaramaiah https://t.co/Ch9FQQWUTL
— Mihir Sharma (@mihirssharma) February 3, 2016
Also, "the police allegedly refused to take the Tanzanian student’s complaint of assault." Erm, WTF? https://t.co/LCZjRGwoZP
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) February 3, 2016
With inputs from agencies