African envoys to boycott Centre's Africa Day celebration

May 25, 2016 10:59

NDTV reports: African envoys to boycott Centre's Africa Day celebrations today over lynching of a Congo national in Delhi last week.

Oliva, reportedly from Congo, had come to Kishangarh in Vasant Kunj for some work when he got into an argument with three to four persons. The argument later led to a violent fight, after which the African youth was chased and beaten with stones.

When the police reached the spot to rescue the youth, they found him wounded and bleeding. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he later succumbed to injuries.

Africans in Delhi are no stranger to vicious attacks from locals. In March this year, a mob barged into a Nigerian man's house in Dwarka and beat him up with hockey sticks and cricket bats.

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