A Palmerston North taxi driver has been left shaken after being abused over his religion and having his vehicle attacked in a terrifying incident.
"F...ing Muslim, f...ing taxi driver," one of the young thugs yelled, before damaging the vehicle.
Zaw Maung?, who drives for Taxis Palmerston North, picked up two young men in the city in the early hours of Friday morning.
He said after he ferried them around town, they told him they couldn't pay and then one of them abused him and damaged his car.
Maung, who came to New Zealand from Myanmar 13 years ago, has been a taxi driver for five years and he said he'd never experienced anything like Friday's incident.
He bought the car last year and has insurance. He said he wasn't worried about driving again.
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