Kamil Sobala, 31, was taken to hospital after a group of men repeatedly hit him in the face (Image: BPM Media)
A Polish immigrant who had not been in the capital for even an hour before being beaten for directions, he said.
Kamil Sobala, 31, used to live in the UK in 2013, and after returning to his home county for a while, he decided to return to London with some friends.
He arrived at Victoria Station to meet them at a pub on Saturday evening, but his phone was dead, so he asked some British for directions.
He said: “I wanted to know where to go to charge my phone and where the subway station was.
“Instead of just saying ‘sorry, I can’t help you.’
Then they started hitting me. I’ts horrible. I’m just scared to go to the store, I can’t sleep and I’m scared and full of pain.
“My back hurts and so does my eye, cheek and face. I was racist. They didn’t start attacking me until I said I was from Poland.
“They punched me until I didn’t remember anything.”
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Kamil used to live in the UK in 2013 and recently decided to relocate to London with friends (Image: BPM Media)
Someone from a nearby pub filmed what appears to be Kamil being punched repeatedly.
Witnesses did call the police but the Metropolitan Police did not attend the alleged assault.
This is because the suspects had left and an ambulance had arrived when the officers were called, i.e. it was not in the highest importance category of the force.
However, police have since spoken to Kamil and other witnesses as part of an investigation into the attack.
Kamil says he has been drinking to “get the pain out” (Image: BPM Media)
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Kamil was taken to hospital where he woke up “shocked by the experience”. He said he is still struggling, he has even gone on to drink to “stop the pain.”
Met police said: “Officers did not attend the incident, but have since spoken to both the victim and witnesses to the assault. The investigation continues to identify the perpetrator of the attack.
When police receive calls about incidents, they are classified for various reasons, including whether there is an immediate threat to life.
“In this case, the caller said that the suspect had left the scene and an ambulance had been called, which means he was not qualified in the highest category for an answer.”
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