Three teenage boys have been charged with assaulting Haque and a man in his 40s near Tooting, an area dominated by Asians. The victim’s granddaughter Marian, who was unhurt in the incident, gave a detailed account of the incident which took place on August 31. Police have sought help of eye witnesses.

Scotland Yard on Monday said the assault was being treated as “racially motivated.”
A report in the Daily Mail quoted doctors saying Haque, who is on a ventilator, has no chance of survival.

Haque’s 35-year-old son described the attack as “mindless violence.”