Italian discus thrower Daisy Osakue
risks missing the European championships after being attacked
overnight in the province of Turin.
Osakue, who holds the Italian under-23 record for the discus
and was born in Turin to Nigerian parents, was hit in the face
by an egg hurled from a Fiat Doblò car at Moncalieri.
She was taken with Turin's Oftalmico eye hospital with an
injured cornea and needs surgery to remove a fragment of shell.
The incident follows a spate of racially motivated attacks in
recent months in Italy that the opposition centre-left
Democratic Party (PD) has linked to the tough comments and
stance on migrants of Interior Minister Matteo Salvini.
Carabinieri police sources, however, said race hate was not
suspected in this case, adding that there has been other reports
of eggs being thrown at passers-by from the Fiat Doblò in recent
days.
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