India, July 23 -- An Indian citizen faced a suspected racist attack in Dublin, Ireland, with the police investigating it as a hate crime.

The Indian man, said to be in his 40s, was attacked by a group of young men in the Tallaght area of Dublin. The details of the violent assault on the man, who is said to be an Amazon employee, have started to emerge as the victim had to spend a day in the hospital due to bleeding wounds all over the body.

The incident happened on Saturday, July 19, at around 6 PM local time in Tallaght, a suburb of the Irish capital. The victim, who arrived in Ireland just three weeks prior, was violently attacked by a group alleging he behaved inappropriately in front of kids, the Irish Times reported.

The report al...