" I apologize for what I did to the elderly lady, I didn't want to hurt anyone ."
This was stated during the court hearing in Rome by Arshdeep Singh , the Indian citizen lynched in Rome after an attempted mugging.
The man, defended by the lawyer Simona Rampiconi, formalized the complaint yesterday evening against the attackers who violently attacked him with kicks and punches in a street in the Quarticciolo district.
An episode of do-it-yourself justice filmed by a resident and gone viral on social media. The 36-year-old Indian had attempted to steal the chain from a 90-year-old woman, also dragging the elderly woman for a few meters . Then the ferocious raid began: the video lasts a couple of minutes, in which we see the man being savagely beaten by the residents of the neighborhood . Kicked and punched even when he is on the ground.
Punitive expedition stopped only by the police, who intervened after the alarm raised by some residents. When they arrived the attackers had already fled.
Singh, who has been in Italy for 9 months and homeless, suffered a fracture of the nasal septum and reported the attackers. Investigators are already working on identification. They would all be inhabitants of the area, some with previous records: two women would also be part of the pack . For the 36-year-old Indian, however, the judge applied the residence ban measure.
(Unioneonline/L)