A woman has taken to social media highlighting how her elderly mother who wears the niqab was urinated on by three men in East London.

Fatiha El-Ghorri shared the post on social media after her mother, who walks with a crutch, endured the horrifying ordeal.

Fatiha, a comedian, wrote, "This is me and my mum.

One day she was walking to our local shop (central East London) when three men URINATED on her.

"She walks with a crutch. She froze.

"She came home, thankful that they only urinated on her.

"She said to me ‘Fatiha, the urine can be washed out so please do not worry’ as we hugged each other and cried."

Twitter users offered their support