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| Muslim woman dragged along pavement by hijab in London hate crime attack | |
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| A Muslim woman has been injured in an attack being investigated as a hate crime in London. | A Muslim woman has been injured in an attack being investigated as a hate crime in London. |
| The Metropolitan Police said the woman in her 20s was walking down a road in Chingford when she was assaulted by two men. | The Metropolitan Police said the woman in her 20s was walking down a road in Chingford when she was assaulted by two men. |
| The pulled off her headscarf and pushed her to the ground before fleeing the scene at around 8.30pm on Wednesday. | The pulled off her headscarf and pushed her to the ground before fleeing the scene at around 8.30pm on Wednesday. |
| Witnesses told the Evening Standard the men dragged the woman along the pavement by her hijab, leaving her lying on the ground for 20 minutes before she managed to dial 999 and struggle to a nearby restaurant. | |
| Paramedics from the London Ambulance Service were called to treat the victim for her injuries and took her to hospital. | |
| Monitors have reported a rise in hate crime reports across the UK following the EU referendum, against minority groups including Muslims, Jews, immigrants and the LGBT community. | |
| Figures released by the National Police Chief's Council showed reported incidents soared by 58 per cent in the week following the vote for Brexit and levels have remained high ever since. | |
| Tell Mama, an anti-Islamophobia group, said women were being disproportionately targeted in attacks on Muslims. | |
| "For years data collected by us has shown that visible Muslim women are the ones most targeted for street based anti-Muslim hatred," a spokesperson said. | |
| "And that most of the perpetrators are male, ahead between 13-35. Anti-Muslim hate at a street level must be seen as male on female abuse." | |
| A spokesperson for the Metropolitan said it was committed to tackling hate crime "in all its forms", working with Tell Mama and the Jewish Community Security Trust (CST) for anti-Semitic incidents. | |
| "The service has long since recognised the impact of hate crime on communities and the hidden nature of this crime, which remains largely under-reported," he added. | |
| "Positive action is taken to investigate all hate crime allegations, support victims and their families and bring perpetrators to justice." | |
| Police are appealing for witnesses to the assault in Old Church Road, Chingford, on 14 December. No arrests have been made. | Police are appealing for witnesses to the assault in Old Church Road, Chingford, on 14 December. No arrests have been made. |
| The suspects are described as two white males, aged 17 to 19. They were wearing all black clothing | The suspects are described as two white males, aged 17 to 19. They were wearing all black clothing |
| Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101 or contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111. Hate crimes can also be reported online to the Metropolitan Police here. | Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101 or contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111. Hate crimes can also be reported online to the Metropolitan Police here. |