6-year-old Indian girl attacked in Ireland after being hit in private parts with bicycle, hit in her face; 'Dirty Indian, Go back to India' demand

The Indian community in Ireland is still reeling from two recent attacks in Dublin, Ireland. In each incident, elderly Indian men were subjected to random attacks. With the number of incidents increasing, the Indian Embassy has issued a statement warning Indian citizens to be vigilant.

As the incidents continue unabated, the Irish police continue to grope in the dark as ever, unable to find the child abusers. Meanwhile, new incidents are emerging from many parts of Ireland in the form of teenage ghosts. 

In another county with a large Indian population, Waterford, a mother has been left distraught after a group of children attacked her young daughter and told her to return to India, pointing to the situation continuing, according to a report in the Irish Mirror in Ireland. 

The incident happened on Monday evening when Nia's family was playing outside their home in the Kilbarry area of Waterford City. She told us that she had been watching Nia playing outside with other children when she had to go feed her 10-month-old baby, Nihan.

She said: “It was around 7.30pm and she was playing inside the house. She wanted to play outside and ride her bike. I let her outside for a few moments. My husband was at work on night duty. He had gone to work and I was alone with my 10-month-old and six-year-old. She went out with her friends. I was looking at them in front of the house. They were playing together and I knew they were safe.

"My youngest started crying because it was time to feed him, so I told Nia I was going to go inside and see if she could play with her friends, and I would be back in a moment after feeding the baby."

But after a minute, Anupa said that Nia returned home upset: “Nia was very upset and started crying. She couldn’t even speak, she was so scared. I looked into things. “I have never seen my daughter like that. I asked her friends what happened, they were all very upset and couldn’t speak. One of her friends said that a group of boys older than them hit her in the private parts with bicycles, five of them hit her in the face.

"She told me that five of them hit her in the face. One of the boys pushed a bicycle wheel in her private parts, which was really painful. They said, 'Dirty Indian, Go back to India.' Today, she told me, they hit her on the neck and twisted her hair."

"They said the word F&&* and 'Dirty Indian, go back to India'," the mother of six-year-old Nia Naveen told the Irish Mirror. The mother, Anupa Achuthan, revealed that her little girl, who is of Irish descent, was playing outside her home when the horrific incident took place. The group included a girl of about eight years old - and several boys aged between 12 and 14.

Anupa said the family moved into the house in January and everything was going well until Monday's incident. She said: "When we moved into the new house (Niya) was so happy, she had new friends and places to play. "I am really upset now because she said last night she was crying in bed and was really worried about playing outside. I don't feel safe here and we don't believe she can play safely even in front of our own house."

"I feel so sad for her. I couldn't protect her. I never expected something like this to happen. I thought she would be safe here." Anupa also said that she later saw the group of children involved in the incident - they were staring at her. She said: "Later I saw the group. They were staring at me. They know I'm her parent. They were hanging around here. The boys were probably 12 or 14 years old. They were staring at me and laughing." 

Despite going to the Gardaí over the incident, Anupah says she doesn't want to punish the children - instead they should be given counselling. She said: "I'm grateful they're young children, but we believe it's our place too - 

What if she can't even play in front of her own house? 

It's not safe. "I believe this property belongs to them too. I don't want to punish them, I want them to be counseled. They need to be aware of this. I accept that they are children, but they need to know how to treat other children well."

"She didn't do anything - she was playing outside. She did it without any provocation, and that's unacceptable. If children are doing this, we need to stop them, teach them how to behave."

She said she was proud to be Indian and to have Irish citizenship. She said: “I am proud to be Indian, but this is my second country. I am very happy to be an Irish citizen, but now I feel like I don’t belong here. “I am a nurse, I try my best to take care of people. I do my job, I am 100 percent professional. I have changed my citizenship, but we are still called dirty people, even my children are not safe.”

“They said the F word, 'Dirty Indian, go back to India'"  https://t.co/Kb6b3ot7Nu

— Irish Daily Mirror (@IrishMirror)  August 6, 2025

"I don't know how the government will solve this. We came here to fill a job gap. We are professionals - we have all the certificates." "It's a struggle to come here. We don't come here without any qualifications. We are well qualified, the government needs us. "I believe this is my country too. I am here."

The nurse now says she is devastated that she was unable to protect her baby. “I feel so sad for her. I couldn’t protect her. I never expected something like this to happen. I thought she would be safe here,” said Anupa, who has lived and worked in Ireland for eight years and recently gained Irish citizenship, during an interview with reporter Michael O’Toole at her home in Waterford on Tuesday.

Mum distraught after gang of kids allegedly attack her little girl and tell her 'go back to India'

Posted by Irish Daily Mirror on Wednesday, August 6, 2025

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