"That's the issue we're having with youse in our country"
Shocking footage showed the moment a business owner was racially abused in broad daylight while being interviewed in Nuneaton town centre.
In a video circulating on social media, 32-year-old Zahin was speaking to Sky News’ Shamaan Freeman-Powell about divisions in the West Midlands town over asylum seekers.
He had just begun speaking when two women, walking with what appeared to be a group of children, interrupted him.
One of the women, holding a glass of beer, stood in front of the camera and shouted several obscenities at him.
Sky News blurred the faces of the women in the footage.
Zahin asked: “Can you not see we’re talking?”
The second woman then launched into a rant about sexual abuse, saying:
“That’s the issue we’re having with youse in our country, you’re raping our kids.”
The first woman followed with the racist phrase “dirty monkeys” before shouting “save our kids.”
A shocked Zahin asked: “What you teaching them kids?”
Freeman-Powell tried to de-escalate the situation and asked if he was okay.
He replied: “I’m used to this conflict.”
Freeman-Powell responded: “No one should be used to that.”
Zahin later returned to his twin sister, who was by then surrounded by the group.
After the confrontation, he told the Sky News team, “I love this town” but believed he was targeted because they assumed he was Muslim.
He said: “For them to accuse us of a crime, that’s unfair, that is unjust.”
Freeman-Powell then spoke to an employee at the local bookshop about the incident, who explained that the rise of Reform UK in the town has “given certain people a licence to be aggressive and to be racist”.
Watch the Footage. Warning – Distressing Images
Sickening footage from Nuneaton, where a Sky interview with a local businessman was disrupted by racists hurling abuse.
Another local said, “Warwickshire Council Council has gone to Reform… It’s given certain people a licence to be aggressive & racist.”
Via @Shamaan_SkyNews. pic.twitter.com/CDuv8VLB23
— Adam Schwarz (@AdamJSchwarz) September 1, 2025
Nuneaton has been the site of several anti-immigration protests in recent weeks.
Asked about the demonstrations, Zahin said he supports the right to protest:
“We have a right to protest for whatever cause we want to: that’s the beauty of living in England.”
Reflecting on the divisions in the town, Zahin said there was a need to rebuild the community.
He added: “Right now, I don’t think we’re a part of a community; it’s more like sides.
“But there has to be a solution. And I think that solution comes through dialogue, not ranting off, swearing at each other. I mean we are in 2025 now.”
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