They left a large gashes resembling "X" across my back

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 "I dont have the right papers,so i cant go anywhere to ask for help,cant sleep am scared maybe they will follow me and my life is in danger now"


 
His name is Hassan Mekki,a 32 year old Sudanese migrant,shows scars on his back in Athens December 5,2012.He fled from conflict in his country in hopes of a better life in Europe was attacked by a group of men holding Greek flags and left with the deep wounds on his back in August 2012,about 5months after he illegally entered Greece.
 Mekki was walking in Athens with a friend from Mauritania when black shirted men on motorcycles holding Greek flags and shouting "Go Home Back" and other racists insults came and knocked him out with a blow to the head.He was covered in blood when he regained consciousness and only later realised that his attackers had left large gashes resembling an "X" across his back.





Source:Reuters
                          

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