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Image Credit: Twitter/ Courtesy: Ahmad Al Rashed

Dubai: An Emirati student living in London was assaulted on early Sunday morning as he sat in his Mercedes G-class SUV in the central part of the city.

The video of the assault shows the suspect walking quickly to the driver’s seat as he yanked out Al Hosani through the car window, and throwing punches repeatedly at his head.

Abdullah Al Hosani took to social networking sites to assure social media users that he was safe, after the video of his attack was posted online.

In the video, he thanked God for keeping him safe and said that, “while we always see such incidents happening to others, we don’t think that it will ever happen to ourselves. But I am fine.”

Horrified pedestrians were heard in the background as they looked on, moments before the police were called in.   

Al Hosani’s car was not the only vehicle targeted that night, as a nearby car was already spray-painted with the words, ‘War’.

Al Hosani, who studies business administration at a university in London, was quoted by the Arabic daily Emarat Al Youm, said that two young Lebanese men who worked at a restaurant opposite the street rushed to his aid, and held the suspect until police arrived. 

He added with surprise that while many Arabic speakers were watching the attack unfold, none of them intervened to help.