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Hundreds of residents of an Indian city where a teenage boy died of a suspected drug overdose went on a violent rampage against Africans, using steel chairs to attack shoppers in a local shopping centre.

The riots broke out late on Monday after police in Greater Noida, a satellite city of New Delhi, released five African students detained over the youth's death, saying they had no evidence against them.

One television station showed an angry mob hitting a car with sticks, while another showed dozens of attackers using steel chairs to hit shoppers in a mall.

Police said 10 people had been wounded, while India's foreign minister said authorities were investigating the attacks.

"There will be a fair and impartial investigation into this unfortunate incident," Sushma Swaraj tweeted.

In a Facebook post, the Association of African Students in India told its members to stay indoors and not attend lectures on Tuesday for fear of possible attacks.

Africans living in India frequently face discrimination and even violence, and are often accused of involvement in the illegal drug trade.

The issue was thrown into the spotlight after the stoning to death of a Congolese national in a dispute over an auto-rickshaw last year.

After that, African ambassadors in New Delhi threatened to advise students from their countries to avoid universities in the capital for their own safety.

The latest attack stemmed from the death of a 16-year-old from an apparent drug overdose.

Police detained five Nigerian students in connection with the case after a group of local people went to their home and accused them of murder.

The students were later released without charge after police failed to find any evidence against them.

African student leader Samuel Jack said Monday's attack was just the latest example of racist violence against Africans.

"We are targeted because of our colour," Jack told AFP news agency, adding that many African students were leaving the area out of fear.

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mehn this people are really heartless

i dont like people taking law into their hands

but then there r 2 sides to every story.....

in noida where this above incident happened , just 2/3 weeks ago a nigerian was caught red handed with 1.5 kg heroin.

does anybody understand how many families, their sons and daughters would have been destroyed by this 1.5 kg heroin.

5-6 doses of 10 milligram of heroin is enough to get one hooked for life.

every 2nd week a nigerian is being caught for drug related charges in india.

people/families in Nigeria dont realize that many of the nigerians/sons/daughters coming on student visa get involved in drug peddling/smuggling from the start or ironically they get sucked/misguided into it by their own countrymen who r already involved in this drug business.

a good percentage of these Nigerian students turned drug peddlers start abusing drugs themselves .

and most importantly it has come to notice that some top level Nigerian drug lords have infiltrated the African students union through their colleagues and use them as a tool to create public pressure.

common Indians reading almost weekly reports of Nigerian involvement in drug offences have formed a mindset that every nigerian is to be suspected of drug peddling, much like every nigerian here on this forum has a minset that indians r racist and what not.

personally i lay the blame on indian government, the laws relating to drug offenses in india r very lenient, death penalty for drug charges like malaysia , indonesia is the only way to stop foreign drug peddlers , so that genuine foreigners r not at the recieving end of a helpless and frustrated public.

to indians
if u loose ur innocent father or mother or son or daughter to mobs , would ur hearts not bleed ?
to nigerians
if u loose ur father or mother or son or daughter to drugs , would ur hearts not bleed ?

the ball is in the court.......


anyways one thing is sure innocent people from both sides will suffer , way of this fuuking world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYK155oZHSI

Nigerians Being Beaten In India. - (Greater noida)