A 22-year-old asylum seeker from
Mali was injured on Wednesday night in Naples after strangers
shot at him with an air rifle, apparently for fun.
The victim told police that the attackers "were laughing as
they were shooting" from a moving car, several local newspapers
reported.
United Nations refugee agency UNHCR voiced dismay and called
for "hate crimes to be expressly stigmatized".
"In a climate increasingly characterised by tension and
intolerance, we condemn this episode of violence and hope that
the culprits are identified without hesitation," said Felipe
Camargo, the UNHCR's Southern Europe representative.
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