Maajid Nawaz shared this photograph of his damaged face with 227,000 of his followers on twitter (Image: Twitter)
The 41-year-old said the assailant ran up and hit him in a completely unprovoked attack before fleeing the scene. The anti-extremism campaigner said he was "racially attacked" and punched on the forehead. Mr Nawaz tweeted: “Tonight I was racially attacked while alone outside Soho theatre, from behind, as I bent down to pick up my phone.
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“The white male assailant called me a 'f***ing p' as he hit me in the face with maybe a signet ring and ran away like a coward.
“He took nothing.
“He was just a racist.”
Mr Nawaz has reported the incident to police and said there were witnesses to the attack.
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