Overview

• A 22-year-old Indian man told NDTV he was confronted by three teenagers near his home, threatened with a blunt knife and subjected to racist slurs before sustaining bruises.
• He said Gardaí classified the incident as a routine assault rather than a hate crime, reinforcing concerns over hate-crime recording and police response.
• His account follows a recent unverified Reddit post in which a man described repeated drive-by racial abuse at a Dublin bus stop and bystander silence.
• India’s ambassador and the Ireland India Council have called on Irish authorities for specialized Garda training, clearer hate-crime protocols and youth intervention programmes.
• President Michael D. Higgins condemned the “despicable” attacks and the Ireland India Council postponed its India Day celebration over safety concerns for Indian residents.