President Nicușor Dan condemns attack on Asian delivery worker in Bucharest: “Such acts are intolerable”

Romanian president Nicușor Dan has strongly condemned the assault of an Asian food delivery worker in Bucharest, calling it an intolerable act of xenophobic violence and urging authorities to treat it as a hate crime. He said, “Anyone living and working here deserves protection and equal treatment. It is not hate that defines us Romanians, but solidarity, hospitality, and tolerance.”

The attack occurred on the evening of August 26 in the capital’s District 2, when a 20-year-old man struck the delivery worker in the face while shouting that he was an “invader” and demanding he return to his country. The incident was filmed by the attacker himself and later gained widespread attention after former police officer Marian Godină posted the video online (see below).