CCTV has captured the moment a father-of-six was brutally set upon by hooded thugs with a pickaxe handle outside his home because he converted from Islam to Christianity. Nissar Hussain, from Bradford, suffered a broken kneecap, a fractured forearm and a concussion in the attack on Tuesday.
The 49-year-old is currently in Bradford Royal Infirmary following surgery after the unprovoked assault outside his home in Manningham. The episode was caught on Mr Hussain’s home CCTV and is being reviewed by West Yorkshire Police, who have confirmed they are treating it as a religious hate crime.
One man used pickaxe handle, while the other rained on Mr Hussain with a number of punches and kicks. The men, who Mr Hussain was unable to identify, were only stopped when Mr Hussain’s Polish neighbours chased them away.
According to the victim Nissar Hussain, “It all happened so fast that I was unable to react. I remember just walking out of the gate and putting my foot off the curb. Next thing I saw was a pickax coming towards me. On instinct I tried to cover my head with my arms but the force of the blow knocked me back and my heel clipped the curb to send me to the ground. I also hit my head on the wall which gave me a concussion but I was still conscious. I continued to block their shots to my head with my arms while on the ground but as soon as they realized that, they just began attacking my legs.”
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