The 19-year-old Racing basketball player born in Ethiopia, Welega Fresno Alfieri, is admitted to a hospital in Mar del Plata, after being beaten in the context of a fight with a group of young people who allegedly insulted him with racist comments.
The athlete entered the hospital unconscious during the early hours of Friday and was undergoing various studies to assess the extent of the injuries suffered.
Five players from the Racing Club de Avellaneda basketball team, including Fresno, went out to the Playa Grande bowling area and entered Mr. Jones. Inside the bowling alley, the basketball players drew attention because of their height, and in this context a group of young people began to insult him and make racist comments because of the color of his skin.
The athletes left the bowling alley and already on the street, Fresno continued to receive racist comments. “Hey little black, little black,” they yelled at him from behind, at which point tempers began to heat up, even more so when one said: “Get this black out of here and this other one because he broke everything.”
It was there when Fresno, together with two companions, got into a fight with a blow against a group of about five young people. At the end of the fight, they sat on the shoreline to calm down and there they noticed that Fresno began to feel bad, like having trouble breathing, so they called 911. Since they had a car, they decided not to wait for the ambulance and took Fresno directly. to a hospital.
In the first instance, they went to the Maternal and Child Hospital where they stabilized him and confirmed that he did not have any serious injuries and then to the Interzonal Hospital, where the basketball player was admitted and they carried out various studies.
The police wait for Fresno to be in a position to testify, so that he can testify to what happened and express whether or not he wishes to urge criminal action. In the place where the fight occurred, there are no municipal security cameras, so if there were images, they would be from private cameras.
For their part, the Racing Club repudiated the attack and reported that the case was denounced before the National Institute against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism (INADI).
