A woman was viciously attacked while defending her Chinese friend who was verbally assaulted and accused of spreading coronavirus.
The incident of racist nature occurred in Birmingham, the UK, where 29-year-old Meera Solanki was celebrating her birthday and enjoying a night out with her friends.
While the girlfriends, including 28-year-old Chinese Mandy Huang, were at the Ana Rocha Bar and Gallery, several Asian men approached them and verbally abused Ms. Huang.
“I was having birthday drinks with a group of girls and guys including Chinese friends. There were a group of Asian men inside the venue – one of them kept coming up to me and harassing me,” Solanki said in an interview with The Sunday Mercury.
“He seemed to have a problem with me being an Indian girl with a multi-racial group of friends. We tried to ignore him, even when he tried to spit at one of my friends.”
Hours later, Solanki and her two female friends, who were the only ones from their group left at the bar, were once again approached by one of the racist men.
“The man came over again and was being aggressive so we left but he followed us. For some reason he got really angry with her. He started abusing her calling her a dirty c****,” Solanki added.
“He said ‘take your f****** coronavirus and take it back home.’”
After the birthday celebrant intervened, the man punched her in the head and she hit the pavement and became unconscious.
“I was so shocked and horrified by his aggressive behavior and horrific words. As I lay unconscious he continued to threaten my friends and abuse them before walking away calmly with his group of friends who did nothing to stop him or help me,” Solanki said.
The incident was reported to the police who are working to identify the perpetrators and bring them to justice.
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