Spain: Heavily pregnant Muslim woman attacked 'for wearing niqab' veil in Barcelona

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Passers-by who had seen the altercation jumped in to protect her and waited with the woman, her husband and their two children until police arrived.

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By Lizzie Dearden | September 8, 2016

Paramedics take woman to hospital after attackers kick her in the stomach

A heavily pregnant Muslim woman wearing a veil has been attacked in front of her children in Barcelona in an apparent hate crime.

Investigators said the woman was walking in the Spanish city’s central Old Town area with her husband and children on Monday evening when two men approached.

They started shouting insults over the woman’s niqab – a veil covering the face apart from the eyes - Barcelona police said.

When her husband reproached them for the offensive comments, the two men started pushing him and then launched a physical attack.

“The woman tried to intervene between the aggressors and her partner,” a police spokesperson said. “At that moment, one of the attackers kicked the pregnant woman’s abdomen.”

Passers-by who had seen the altercation jumped in to protect her and waited with the woman, her husband and their two children until police arrived.

The mother-to-be was treated by paramedics and taken to hospital for gynaecological examinations, which found no permanent injury to the woman or her unborn child.

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of hate crime, discrimination and causing bodily harm.



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