A 22-year-old migrant from Mali
was injured on the night between Wednesday and Thursday in
Naples after strangers shot at him with an air rifle, apparently
for fun.
"It was midnight and I'd just finished working," said Konate
Bouyagui, a cook with a legal residence permit.
"I was going towards Corso Umberto when two people inside a
car shot at me. Then they started laughing
"I felt a pain in the abdomen. I was bleeding and a friend
took me to hospital".
"I reported everything to the police".
The incident comes after a group of three people shot at two
migrants in Caserta on June 11, reportedly shouting "Salvini,
Salvini".
Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has adopted a tough stance
on migration.
United Nations refugee agency UNHCR voiced dismay and called
for "hate crimes to be expressly stigmatized".
"In a climate increasingly characterised by tension and
intolerance, we condemn this episode of violence and hope that
the culprits are identified without hesitation," said Felipe
Camargo, the UNHCR's Southern Europe representative.
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