Rome prosecutors probe Nottingham attack (4)

(ANSA) - Rome, March 19 - Rome prosecutors are investigating a deadly attack on an Italo-Egyptian girl in Nottingham last month.
    Mariam Moustafa, an 18-year-old girl who was born and grew up in Ostia near Rome, moved with her family to the English city in the hope of becoming an engineer four years ago.
    She was allegedly attacked by a group of local girl bullies and died after three weeks in a coma.
    Prosecutors will view CCTV footage of the attack, which allegedly started at a bus stop and continued on the bus.
    The prosecutors' European warrant will also try to establish if the attack was racially motivated.
    According to media reports, the bullies shouted "Black Rose" at Moustafa before attacking her, and the family home had been the target of an alleged racist attack.
    "She was the victim of a racist attack," her father told reporters.
    Prosecutors are also looking into the fact that Moustafa was sent home after being treated after the attack only to return to hospital allegedly suffering from a brain haemorrhage the day after.
    Moustafa's family said the hospital underestimated the case and made a mistake.
    Rome prosecutors have obtained files from Rome's Bambino Gesù Hospital where Noustafa was treated for a heart conditions a few years ago and are going to share them with their British counterparts. The Italian embassy in London is following the case.