Violent incident comes days after Nigerian avenue vendor was overwhelmed to loss of life in Italian city.

Police within the Italy’s southern Calabria area have launched an investigation after a Nigerian lady was bodily assaulted when she requested for the wages she was owed.

The 25-year-old lady, who was employed as a dishwasher at a seaside resort in Soverato, filmed the violence and posted the footage on Instagram earlier than reporting the incident to police.

Her put up – titled “Overwhelmed simply because I requested to be paid” – has been shared broadly on social media in Italy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVnEJ6JC9c8

The lady, named Magnificence David, claims she was solely paid for the hours stipulated in her contract, when in truth she labored for much longer shifts. “He paid me for 3 hours a day however I used to be doing 12 hours”, she mentioned.

The footage exhibits onlookers within the background as the lady was slapped, kicked and threatened by a person, allegedly her employer, who then stamped on her cellphone in an try and destroy it.

The person subsequently went to police to offer his model of occasions, stories Italian information company ANSA.

The incident comes days after the killing of a Nigerian avenue vendor within the central Marche area induced outrage in Italy because the nation enters a parliamentary election marketing campaign during which the right-wing coalition has made immigration a key challenge.