Osakue, born in Turin to Nigerian parents, was struck in her left eye when unknown assailants hurled an egg at her face from a car at Moncalieri, near Turin.
The discus thrower landed in her eye with an injured cornea but is expected to make a full recovery before next month's European Athletics Championships in Germany.
According to a report by The New York Times, Osakue is confident the attack was racially-motivated amid a spate of similar attacks on people of colour.
Since the attack occured early on Monday, the European nation's far-right Interior Minister, Matteo Salvini, has been accused of promoting hate against immigrants with his anti-immigration actions.
Many Italian journalists and sports personalities have publicly voiced their support for Osakue and condemned the motive behind the attack, even though local police are unsure about any racial motives behind the attack as white locals have also been targeted by the assailants.
The New York Times reported that the United Nations has also reacted to the attack, with the southern European chief of the UN refugee agency, Felipe Camargo, expressing how worrisome it is.
"We can not tolerate this escalation of indiscriminate violence, which reveals an alarming racial matrix," he said.
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This is bad! The girl is representing Italy and these bad people still finds a way to attack her.
ReplyDeleteNo country beats the USA, Britain, Canada when it comes to significant advancement in diversity...at least in security aspects, although socio economic & political progress has a big divide between whites & the non whites, except the Asians (chinese, koreans on the top even above white europeans) & (Indians to some extent) in significant economic success.
ReplyDeleteEurope is bad for black people! It should be considered for a jump off thing, vacations, quick business or free education if u can, not for life settlement.
My children r Europeans but I always tell them how very important to have other options too in life, call a spade a spade!!!
See / take Europe for what it is & u won't be disappointed or surprised.
That's exactly what it is.
DeleteAnd Britain is not Europe?
DeleteEspecially Eastern European countries
DeleteWho are you? Thought I was the one that typed this especially the "settlement part" and Italy is number one place I wont advice my enemy to come settle. They dont even want to improve instead of "opening their arms" to foreigners, Salvini is encouraging them to.be more racist, isssOK.
DeleteMost of the people that first came to this country over 30years asgo have now moved to the UK and they are.doing really good contributing to the UKs economy and their children at the best places in their lives, chancez Italy didnt give them because they are close minded.
Now, they are now attacking those that stood all odds and tolerated them to becoming better people....im tired of this people, can't wait.to move because of these their blinded anger and jealousy towards foreigners who has gone through thick and thin, may God protect me, my sister and all hardworking foreigners.
#exhausted
I would like to visit Italy in 2019 on a group tour, going to Rome, Florence and I think Venice. Please kindly recommend good places to shop for shoes and gold.....thanks!
DeleteNa WA. These people are just morons
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DeleteOshey mami!!!
Get well soon ma
ReplyDeleteHian! She ia not safe o
ReplyDeleteAfrican nations need to develop properly so black ppl don't have to seek out other continents and suffer such abuse. It grieves my spirit at how some of the nations care nothing about their citizens. When will African leaders start caring?
ReplyDeleteItalians are so racist. This was how they treated Mario Balotelli then when he was playing for Italy.
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