Local authorities in Greater Rushmoor, UK, are investigating motives in a string of attacks against Nepali residents recently.
"It has become hard to walk alone at night," says a local Nepali, who wishes to remain anonymous.
Clashes between Nepali and British youth in Farnborough, Aldershot and surrounding areas have been on the rise. "A few months ago, local MP Gerald Howarth had expressed dissatisfaction on the increasing Nepali population in the area and now there is a growth in such attacks," says Tekendra Dal Dewan, president of Greater Rushmoor Nepali Community.
Dewan took the matter to the Rushmoor Borough Council and the Rushmoor Safer Neighbourhood inspector to discuss the issue and discovered that gangs of British boys, involved in the attacks, had been detained in the past but were then released without proper investigation.
But the Rushmoor Safer Neighbourhood inspector Justin Brown insists that authorities are taking the incidents seriously: "We are conducting in-depth investigations on these cases to ascertain whether they are racial or not."
