Go back to India' Violent attacks frighten immigrants in Ireland

Violent attacks frighten immigrants in Ireland

- Rory Carroll

In the west Dublin suburb of Tallaght, a group of teenagers accosted, beat and partially stripped an Indian man, who was then filmed staggering and bleeding.

Days later a gang attacked another Indian man in the nearby suburb of Clondalkin, hitting him in the face, chest, back and legs, leaving him with a fracture, gashes and multiple bruises.

Days after that, two male passengers turned on an Indian taxi driver in the north Dublin suburb of Ballymun, striking him across the face with a bottle and shouting: "Go back to your country."

Then, boys in a County Waterford housing estate allegedly punched a six-year-old girl in the face, hit her in the genital area with a bicycle and told her: "Go back to India."

These are just some of the recent incidents that have sown alarm and bewilderment among the Indian community, and other immigrants, in Ireland. In each case police are investigating but no charges have yet been brought.