"Attacked in the street because I was wearing a veil, they took it off me with a punch"

Insulted and kicked and punched for wearing a veil .

It happened in Marghera, in the province of Venice.
The woman, a 29-year-old Bengali wife of an imam, wore the niqab, a veil over her face that leaves only her eyes uncovered, and was on her way to visit some relatives when she was attacked and attacked by three women.

First verbally: «But how are you dressed, this one looks like a ghost» and «They don't even know that in Italy you can't go around looking like this». Then physically kicked, until the niqab was removed with a punch and reduced to shreds .

After the medical report that diagnosed her with a 5-day prognosis, the woman - who has lived in the city for more than 15 years, studied on the Venetian mainland and speaks Italian perfectly - filed a complaint with the carabinieri.

The Muslim community of Marghera has announced its intention to hold a demonstration .

(Unioneonline/D)