Vicious racist attack caught on camera

A vicious and racist verbal attack on a Perth train was caught on camera by a witness who said the victim “did nothing wrong”.

The female victim was taunted in front of passengers by an Aboriginal woman using sexual and racist slurs.

The attack happened yesterday afternoon, on a train bound for the city.

The ugly scene was caught on camera by a man who wants to be known only as Robert.

“At one stage she got really close to (the victim’s) face screaming obscenities at her,” he said.

“You see it on TV but I’ve never really seen it live before, so everybody on the train was pretty much stunned.”

Robert said the attacker was asleep on a row of chairs, but woke up as the train neared McIver station.

He said the victim did nothing wrong.

“The Asian lady just stood by the door, didn’t say anything and just basically took all that abuse from the other lady for no reason at all.”

The Public Transport Authority said everybody had a right to feel safe, and encouraged people to report aggressive behaviour.

Police said they are yet to receive a complaint about the incident.