An Afghan was among five foreign national students injured in a mob attack at Gujarat University in India last night.
Videos of the attack on the foreign students have gone viral on social media. At least five vehicles were damaged according to the videos.
The students, who are from Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka, were offering taraveeh namaz in their rooms when a group of people allegedly protested and shouted religious slogans, police said. This led to an altercation between the two groups.
Several visuals shared on social media showed a group of people pelting stones in the hostel and vandalising bikes.
Ahmedabad city additional commissioner of police (ACP) (crime) Neerajkumar Badgujar said that a first information report (FIR) has been filed and assured that the attackers will be arrested soon.
Speaking to the reporters, Ahmedabad commissioner of police GS Malik said, “Around 300 foreign students study in Gujarat University, and 75 foreign students stay in A Block (Hostel).
“Yesterday, around 10:30pm, a group of students were offering namaz. Around 20-25 people came and asked them why they were offering namaz here and should read it in the masjid. An argument broke out between them, stones were pelted, and their rooms were vandalised by the people who came from outside…”
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