In what appears to be the third racially motivated attack in Ireland within a month, an Indian-origin entrepreneur has alleged that he was brutally assaulted by a group of teenagers in Dublin.
Santosh Yadav, a senior data scientist at WiSAR Lab and Technology Gateway in Letterkenny, claimed in a detailed LinkedIn post that the attack occurred near his apartment after dinner.
“After having dinner, I was walking near my apartment when a group of six teenagers attacked me from behind. They snatched and broke my glasses before beating me across my head, face, neck, chest, hands, and legs,” he wrote, adding that he was left bleeding on the pavement.
Yadav said he managed to call the Gardai (Irish police), and was subsequently taken by ambulance to Blanchardstown Hospital.
“The medical team confirmed my cheekbone is fractured. I’ve now been referred for specialist care,” he added.
Describing the attack as part of a broader pattern, Yadav claimed that such “unprovoked” racial violence is on the rise in Ireland, especially targeting Indian men and other minorities.
“These attacks are happening on buses, in housing estates, and on public streets. The perpetrators act with impunity while the government remains silent,” he wrote.
Yadav urged Irish authorities to take immediate action and tagged multiple agencies in his post, including the Government of Ireland, the Indian Embassy in Dublin, and India’s Ministry of External Affairs.
“We deserve to feel safe. We deserve to walk on the streets without fear,” he said, sharing two photos—one showing blood on his face and another of his broken glasses.
Yadav’s post comes in the wake of another reported attack on July 19 in Dublin’s Tallaght area, where an Indian man was allegedly assaulted by a group of 10 teenagers aged between 15 and 16.
Jennifer Murray, an Irish woman who witnessed that incident and helped the victim, later shared a video on Facebook describing the incident and asserting that it was not isolated.
“At least four Indian men and another man have been facially stabbed by this gang of teenagers in the last four days in Tallaght,” she claimed.
Murray also refuted claims made by the attackers, who reportedly justified the assault by accusing the Indian man of inappropriate conduct with children.
She said the narrative was false, adding that the man was “miles away” from the alleged location.
These incidents have sparked growing concerns among the Indian community and other minority groups in Ireland about their safety and the lack of decisive action from authorities.