Racist abuse on Auckland bus: Woman’s violent rant against Asian Kiwis caught on video
- Hge News
- Jul 23, 2024
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Racist abuse on Auckland bus: Woman’s violent rant against Asian Kiwis caught on video
Video footage has captured a woman yelling, pushing and spitting at Asian Kiwi passengers during a violent and racist tirade on an Auckland bus.
A witness to the incident was shocked at the level of racism and believes it is no longer safe to catch the bus in Auckland.
The video was taken last night on a No 70 bus near Auckland City Hospital in Grafton. The witness told the Herald the alleged assailant appeared to have taken exception to the number of Asian people on the bus.
She allegedly pushed one man and spat on another after yelling at passengers to “go back to [their] own country”, the witness told the Herald.
“It is really unsafe now. I hardly take public transport anymore. It’s only getting worse,” the witness said.
It comes after a 39-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly beating a Chinese-New Zealand schoolboy with a metal rod on a bus in Pakuranga last month, which police have called a hate-motivated crime. The assault knocked out three of his teeth, damaged another two, and left his face bloodied.
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The witness to last night’s incident said she kept quiet, unsure whether the woman was armed.
“If this crazy girl is going around like this every day, it will get worse. Either someone’s going to fight back against her or she’s going to do something even crazier.”
The incident began with the abusive woman counting as passengers got onto the bus outside the University of Auckland. The witness initially did not understand what the woman was doing.
“I was thinking, ‘Why is she counting?’, then when I was sitting down she got up to 11 and she said, ‘There’s too many f***ing Asians here’. She was swearing and everything, and she’s like, ‘Go back to your country’.
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