"Gypsy, I'll break your face": racist insults on the train to Ikram Jarmouni, student awarded in the Chamber
The complaint of the Modenese on Instagram: «Nobody intervened. But this is Italy"
She was verbally assaulted on the train by a stranger, with racial slurs and death threats .
The victim of the sad curtain is Ikram Jarmouni , a 22-year-old student from Modena who in recent days received the " Youth America Award for university talent " in the Chamber of Deputies . The young woman, aboard a Frecciarossa, was on her way to the capital for the award ceremony.
This was reported – with a post on Instagram – by Jarmouni herself, born in Modena, of Moroccan origin, activist and master's student in Human Rights and Multilevel Governance at the University of Padua. The video of the incident was also on social media. «On Monday 8 May – says the girl on her page – I was awarded as an Italian student of excellence in Parliament. On the same day, while I was on the train to Rome, I was attacked, insulted and threatened with death for the color of my skin".
" Gypsy, I'll break your face ," the man yells, among the passengers who try to appease the explosive situation. «Neither the police nor the conductors intervened, despite the fact that I called both urgently. No attempt at identification has been made. He could potentially be armed. This could have been a massacre. But this is Italy», concludes Jarmouni.
(Unioneonline/vf)
