The Indian original taxi driver in Ireland became the latest victim of a violent, unprovoked attack in Dublin, which caused the investigation of the local police (Gardai).
Lakhvir Singh, who has been living in Ireland for more than 23 years, said he was attacked by two young men at the age of 20 after he threw them off in Poppintree, Ballymun on Friday evening, PTI reported.
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According to Singh, the men hit him twice on his head before escaping from the scene and allegedly shouted, “Return to your own country.”
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“Very hard to come back, my kids are afraid”: the victim
“I’ve never seen anything like that in 10 years,” Singh said “Dublin Live”.
“I’m really afraid now and I’m off the road at the moment. It will be very difficult to return. My kids are really afraid,” he said.
A Dublin police spokesman said Singh was transported to Beaumont Municipal Hospital with injuries intended as life -threatening. “The Garda is investigating an attack that has been found in Poppintree, Ballymun, Dublin 11 on Friday, Friday, August 1, 2025, was introduced to Beaumont Hospital,” the spokesman said.
Growing cases of attacks on Indians in Ireland
The incident followed the Indian counseling for the embassy, which was also published on Friday and expressed security concerns after recent attacks in the capital Dublin and its surroundings and urged Indian citizens to take security measures.
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“Recently, there have been an increase in cases of physical attacks against Indian citizens in Ireland,” he says.
“The embassy is in contact with the authorities in Ireland in this respect. At the same time, all Indian citizens in Ireland are recommended to take adequate measures for their personal security and avoid abandoned areas, especially in odd hours,” he reads the statement and adds data on emergency embassies as 0899423734 and cons .dublin@mea.gov.in.
It came to a brutal attack on a 40 -year -old Indian man on Parkhill Road on Tallaght’s suburbs of July 19, referred to by the locals as “mindless racist violence”. Gardai launched an investigation into the case and the Indian ambassador in Ireland Akhilesh Mishhr was among those who took social media to express shock over the attack.
“Regarding the recent incident of a physical attack on an Indian national that occurred in Tallaght in Dublin, the embassy is in contact with the victim and its family. All necessary assistance is offered. The embassy is also in contact with the competent Irish authorities,” the embassy in social media.
The local community also held an attitude against the protest of racism in the conviction of what was described as a “vicious racist attack” and expressed solidarity with migrants.
Last week, Dr. Santosh Yadav took on LinkedIn to publish details of a “brutal, unprovoked racist attack”.
Entrepreneur and expert AI stressed that it is not an isolated incident, and called on “specific measures” from the governments of Ireland and India, so that the Indians feel safe to walk on Dublin streets.
His post revealed that a group of six teenagers attacked him when he went to his apartment in Dublin.
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“It is not an isolated incident. Racist attacks on Indian men and other minorities are growing via Dublin – buses, housing and public streets. Nevertheless, the government is silent. No measures are taken against these perpetrators. He attacks, “re -attacked,” re -attacked, “will attack,” re -attacked, “
Now I’m really afraid and at the moment I’m off the road. It will be very difficult to return. My children are really afraid.
The councilor Fine Gael for Tallaght South, Baby Perepadan, was among those who expressed concern after the attack last month. “People must understand that many Indian people who move to Ireland are here in work permits, study and work in or in the health sector, etc., to provide critical skills,” he said, as PTI says.
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