LBC’s Maajid Nawaz victim of ‘racist attack’ in Soho

Presenter says attacker shouted racist abuse before hitting him in the face

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Radio presenter Maajid Nawaz says he was punched in the face by a stranger in London’s West End last night in what appeared to be a racially motivated attack.

The LBC host and founder of the anti-extremism Quilliam Foundation think-tank told Twitter followers that he had bent down to pick up his phone behind the Soho Theatre when an unknown white man shouted racist abuse and then hit him in the face.

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