'They beat me very harshly' - Asylum seekers followed and allegedly assaulted in rural Dublin village

"When the group were followed and eventually stopped, they were then subject to an alleged attack and later taken to Tallaght University Hospital for treatment. The incident took place on the Aghfarrell Road in Brittas, a rural village in south Dublin near the Co Wicklow border. One of the men, Muhammad, told RTÉ's Today with David McCullagh he and his friends realised they were being followed after stopping for petrol in Brittas village on Sunday afternoon."

""Immediately, three motorcycles and one Golf car came, and suddenly there were 12 to 14 people, they came and started beating us." He said the group who carried out the alleged assault broke all of the windows in the car. "They broke all of the windows and [were] beating us. They beat me in my head, and my stomach, and also in my face. "They beat me very harshly in my stomach and blood was coming from my hand also, and my other friend was sitting in the back. He was punched in his mouth, his nose and his face, and his head also.""

Three friends aged in their late teens, 20s and 30s left Kilbride Camp Ipas centre to go to a shop in the Tallaght area. They realised they were being followed after stopping for petrol in Brittas village on Sunday afternoon. When they stopped and exited the car, about 12–14 people on three motorcycles and a Golf allegedly attacked them, breaking all the car windows and beating them. The victims sustained head, facial and stomach injuries with bleeding, were treated at Tallaght University Hospital and have reported the incident to gardaí. Two women intervened and the attackers fled. People Before Profit TD condemned the attack.

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