Police in England are searching for a teenager who was captured bullying and spewing racial slurs at two Nepalese British sisters in a video that has gone viral on social media.
On Saturday, Kanti Gurung, 23, and her 16-year-old sister were walking around their hometown when she says a group of individuals started shouting racist slurs at them at around 4:45 p.m. local time in Maidstone, Kent.
In the viral video, a girl with blonde hair — who social media users identified as Tammy Smith — can be seen racially mocking and trying to physically assault Gurung.
“Look at you. Ching, ching, chong!” she says as bystanders are seen filming and laughing at Gurung.
“I did not know or recognize any members of the public filming, but instead of them trying to keep us safe we were mocked like animals,” Gurung tells NextShark.
This is when I realized we’re not welcome in the country we were brought up in. Everyone who stayed silent and didn’t stand up for us are just as bad. Silence is violence. At that moment, my sister Mary and I felt attacked. It was a large group of people against us.
I am disappointed by our society. I never thought my hometown would be where I feel unsafe. I worked in the Superdry in town, and it made me realize the customers I was helping one day could be the people recording me and my sister getting racially attacked the next.
Following the attack, Gurung reported the incident to Kent police and local authorities.
As of this writing, Smith has not been located, leaving Gurung worried for the safety of her sister. Gurung has been walking Mary to and from school to ensure her safety.
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