'Incredible' Indian support offered to woman who helped victim of brutal Tallaght attack
Gardaí confirmed to Extra.ie this week they are investigating the attack as a racially motivated hate crime.
Ms Murray told Extra.ie she got bunches of flowers from local Indian community groups, received a call from a consultant oncologist in Beaumont Hospital who thanked her on behalf of the Indian medical community, and has had her whole family invited for dinner in the Indian restaurant in The Square, Tallaght. Jennifer Murray. Pic: Seán Dwyer
The mum of six who is a carer for her mother-in-law, has also been interviewed on Indian TV this week when she said what happened is not representative of Ireland.
'I'm trying to get awareness out there,' she told Extra.ie.
'I think negative people are just louder now, so positive people need to be braver and louder… the real Irish need to stand up and say 'they don't represent me.' Gardaí confirmed they are investigating the attack as a racially motivated hate crime. Pic: Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images
'I do not know anything about [politics], it is not a world I am a part of. But I do know if you shout something loud enough you will always find people to listen.'
Ms Murray said the gang attacking were shouting that he was a paedophile. But the moment she met him, she knew this was not true. Jennifer Murray. Pic: Seán Dwyer
'The second I met this man, looked at this man, there was no question of this. I knew instinctively – then through logical, individual thinking – I could assess the situation very quickly.'
A video of the man beaten and bleeding on the road was posted to a well-known Facebook account. Under the post were hundreds of hate-filled comments, coming mostly from Irish men.
'I made the video [about how she found the victim, and how he was innocent of the allegations], posted it and went to bed.
'I didn't even say it to my partner. I have not watched the video back, but I know what I said is true and it's how I felt.
'What happened to that man was wrong and incomprehensible to me.'
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