Gardai meet with Muslim leaders in Limerick after number of suspected racist attacks
Gardai have met with Muslim leaders in Limerick as fears spread through the local migrant community after a number of suspected racially motivated attacks in the city.Two Muslim men were beaten and kicked near the Al Furqan mosque on Windmill Street, at around 8pm on Sunday, May 5, after the pair had attended prayers there as part of Ramadan.
Speaking today, Superintendent Derek Smart, Henry Street garda station, said he was treating the matter extremely seriously. He said: “The whole community is very sacred and worried. Everybody is very worried, the whole community. “A few days ago somebody in a local supermarket pulled the hijab from a Muslim woman’s head,” he added.He continued: “They are afraid to report.”
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