Bengaluru mob mistakenly attacks Tanzanian woman, triggers row

Mangalore Today News Network

Bengaluru, Feb 03, 2016: An angry mob in Bengaluru wrongly targeted an African student for an accident which has now snowballed into a major controversy.

The unruly mob reportedly thrashed her and tore off her clothes when she protested and pleaded them to leave her alone.

Meanwhile, the African students union has termed it a racial attack and demanded the authorities to take strong action against the accused.

Bosco Kaweesi, the legal adviser for All African Students Union, said that the situation is still not safe for the African students in the city.

The driver who caused accident was already in the hands of the mob and the police, why did they attacked the student, Kaweesi asked.

The girl had no connection with him, Kaweesi said.

Kaweesi claimed that the girl arrived at the spot 30 minutes after the accident from a different route.