US Edition‘Dirty Indian, Go Back’: 6-Year-Old Girl Assaulted, ‘Hit in Private Parts’ in Ireland Amid Racist Attacks
KILBARRY AREA OF WATERFORD CITY, IRELAND, AUG 6 – The assault on Nia highlights a rise in racist attacks against Indians in Ireland, with the Indian embassy warning citizens after multiple recent incidents, officials said.
- In Waterford City on August 4, 2025, six-year-old Nia Naveen was assaulted by children who struck her private parts and hurled the slur 'go back to India' during the incident.
- Following reports of violence, the Indian embassy in Dublin issued an August 1, 2025 advisory amid a rise in racist violence against Indians in Ireland, including three attacks in Dublin since July 19.
- According to her mother, the attackers included an eight-year-old girl and several boys aged 12 to 14, with five punching her face and one pressing a bicycle wheel onto her private parts.
- Reported to the Garda, the mother does not seek punishment for the children and hopes they receive counselling, as her daughter is now too frightened to play outside.
- According to reports, the Indian community in Ireland, numbering between 90,000 and 100,000 people, faces violence 'against Ireland’s values,' Ambassador Kevin Kelly said.
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