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| Islamophobic abuse of pensioner on London bus caught on camera | Islamophobic abuse of pensioner on London bus caught on camera |
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| Video footage has emerged of a man screaming Islamophobic abuse at a pensioner before throwing his victim’s walking frame off a bus. | |
| The passenger, who had a young child with him, is then heard shouting: “Go back to Turkey” and “I’ll shove a pig’s cock in your mouth, what’s fucking Allah going to say about that?” | |
| He also shouted obscene remarks about the victim’s daughter, wife and sister during a five-minute tirade on a packed bus in Tottenham, north London. | He also shouted obscene remarks about the victim’s daughter, wife and sister during a five-minute tirade on a packed bus in Tottenham, north London. |
| The offender then allegedly grabbed his victim’s walking frame and hurled it on to the pavement. | |
| “You’re talking in a different language, but nobody knows what you’re saying,” he said at one point. “Go back to Turkey if you talk that shit. Oh no, you can’t because shit gets blown up in Turkey. | “You’re talking in a different language, but nobody knows what you’re saying,” he said at one point. “Go back to Turkey if you talk that shit. Oh no, you can’t because shit gets blown up in Turkey. |
| “That’s why you’re here mate, free benefits and a walker. Well your walker is going to go flying when this bus stops mate.” | “That’s why you’re here mate, free benefits and a walker. Well your walker is going to go flying when this bus stops mate.” |
| Police are appealing for witnesses after the clip was posted online. | Police are appealing for witnesses after the clip was posted online. |
| Related: Woman in anti-Muslim bus tirade admits racial abuse | Related: Woman in anti-Muslim bus tirade admits racial abuse |
| A Met police spokesman said: “This video footage, which includes racist and Islamophobic abuse, has been brought to the attention of the Met police. | A Met police spokesman said: “This video footage, which includes racist and Islamophobic abuse, has been brought to the attention of the Met police. |
| “The incident is believed to have occurred on Saturday, 17 October and understood to have been directed at an individual by the suspect in the footage. Detectives are working to establish precisely when and where the footage was taken.” | “The incident is believed to have occurred on Saturday, 17 October and understood to have been directed at an individual by the suspect in the footage. Detectives are working to establish precisely when and where the footage was taken.” |
| The video emerged days after mother-of-three Simone Joseph was caught on camera racially abusing a pregnant Muslim woman on a bus in Brent. | The video emerged days after mother-of-three Simone Joseph was caught on camera racially abusing a pregnant Muslim woman on a bus in Brent. |
| Joseph, 36, pleaded guilty to causing racially aggravated distress after the footage went viral online. | Joseph, 36, pleaded guilty to causing racially aggravated distress after the footage went viral online. |
| Anyone who witnessed the incident can call police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. | Anyone who witnessed the incident can call police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. |