Woman tells of racist assault whilst visiting Budapest

Twitter user @saffrongrace_shared a picture of her injuries and told of how herself and an Asian friend were attacked in the Hungarian capital.

She posted, “I spent 36 hours in Budapest before I was racially assaulted on a busy street in the middle of the afternoon. Fearing for my safety, my friends and I booked a flight home that evening.

“My experience in Budapest was one of the most unsettling experiences in the my life.

“For the whole day I was stared at, men shouted at me from their cars and eventually I was physically assaulted. The man then went on to assault the Asian man who was walking behind me.”

I visited Budapest and after 36 hours I was the target of racially aggravated assault. pic.twitter.com/W2VdOCJ14b

— Saff (@saffrongrace_) February 2, 2019

When told she should not go to certain countries she replied,

“No. I absolutely SHOULD be able to travel without someone feeling entitled to put their hands, in my case their feet on MY body & cause harm. This is not justified because I ‘shouldn’t’ have been there. What ‘shouldn’t’ have happened is this assault.”

Other users were quick shared their experiences

I was there in the summer and people stared at me like a had two heads.

Went to a restaurant and the people who got sat on the next table demanded to be moved.

Sorry you had to go through this

— demetrius (@Demetriiuz) February 3, 2019

Really sorry you had to experience this, this is not the first time I’m hearing of things like this happening in Budapest. So disgusting. Thanks for sharing your experience with us also xx

— z e e n a. (@ZeenaXena) February 3, 2019

I’m really hurt and upset by some of the responses I’ve seen to @saffrongrace_ speaking about her assault in Budapest. Telling someone “black people shouldn’t go to these type of countries” is ridiculous. Nobody should be attacked simply because of their gender or race.

— SHAKEENA🌹 (@iamshakeena) February 3, 2019

Wooow 😭. The craziest thing is I’m not even surprised this happened. I went there last year and I would get the constant stares. I even was followed to my hotel by a guy who “loved my skin colour” so tbh, one place I’d just never go back to.

— a queen. (@shizelle_) February 3, 2019