Young Somali Muslim student 'was spat at and called a terrorist on London bus as other passengers smiled and did nothing'

By Raphael Siniora PUBLISHED: 12:09 GMT, 25 December 2015 

• Irqa Mohamed, 20, said 'crazed man' launched racist rant against her
• She said passengers on the bus in Islington did nothing and 'some smiled'
• Abuse only stopped after a friend got on and 'confronted the man'
• British Transport Police have passed case on to the Metropolitan Police

Irqa Mohamed, 20, pictured, said she was the victim of a racist rant on a London bus in Islington

A young Muslim Somali student was ‘spat at and called a terrorist’ on a London bus while other passengers ‘smiled and did nothing’, it has been claimed.
Irqa Mohamed, 20, said she was the victim of a racist rant while she was wearing a hijab on the bus in Islington.
She said she ‘did not think she would leave the bus alive’, alleging a ‘crazed’ man spat at her and racially abused her while other passengers did nothing last Sunday.
In a tweet she later deleted, she said: ‘A white man spat at me in a buss [sic] of people and kept on cussing me out cause of my Hijaab while people smiled a laughed along.’

Miss Mohamed, of Finsbury Park, said she was on the vehicle with a friend but when they got up to get off a man started shouting at her.

She told the Evening Standard: ‘He moved seats and then called me a racist and a terrorist. He started to go crazy. He said people like me were coming into this country and taking all the jobs.’

She added: ‘I do think it’s sad no one spoke up for me. The bus was full at one point and you could tell no one wanted anything to deal with him.’

Miss Mohamed said passengers on the bus did nothing to help and some even smiled

Miss Mohamed said the abuse lasted for several stops and did not end until another friend boarded the bus and confronted him.

She made a complaint to the British Transport Police and described her alleged abuser as having long hair and slurred speech.

A spokesman for the BTP said they had logged the incident and passed it on to the Metropolitan Police.

Meanwhile a Transport for London spokesman said racism is ‘not tolerated’ on the bus network and they would work with the police on any investigation into the incident.