A 52-year-old Italian citizen of
Bangladeshi origin was beaten up by four 20-something Italian
men after asking for directions to his new council flat in the
Rome district of Tor Bella Monica Monday, judicial sources said
Friday. The victim of the alleged racist beating, Howlader
Dulal, has been in Italy for 26 years and works in a restaurant
on a regular contract, sources said. He has a heart condition
and two children, one of them disabled. These factors led to his
being near the top of the list for council housing, sources
said. After the beating, sources said, Rome city hall got to
work to find Dulal a council flat in another part of the city.
Last December there was a similar episode in the San Basilio
district when residents staged an angry protest against the
granting of a council flat to a Moroccan family, who was forced
to change district.
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