British Muslim nurse abused and attacked in northern town

A Muslim nurse needed hospital treatment after he was bullied and badly beaten by yobs in Stockport (United Kingdom) town centre on Friday.

Witnesses said a teenage girl racially abused Qaiser Hamid, 37, and mocked his facial hair before her male friends began to beat him up, leaving him in need for medical attention for deep cuts and bruises to his face.

Hamid, a Pakistani British man, was shopping with his wife Farah, also 37, when the unprovoked attack occurred, according to witnesses.

Several British newspapers quoted Hamid to say: "It was definitely racially motivated, they kept mentioning my beard, my wife was wearing a headscarf and they kept using the P-word."

The mental health nurse also said that he is now suffering psychologically.

"I don't feel good and I don't want to go back to Stockport. I have been really affected psychologically and struggle to go out of the house," he said.

"I had to go to the hospital and I wore a hooded top because I feel self-conscious and don't want people passing judgement," he added.