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A teenager has told how he was abducted and stabbed 57 times with a screwdriver during a shocking St Patrick’s Day assault.

Terrified Adam Labazanov, 19, was then stripped and buried alive by the mob after he pretended to be dead.

The victim, who is from Chechnya, was travelling to work with his stepdad at 5.15am on Monday when they were pulled over by the thugs.

The attackers claimed to be gardai and threatened to arrest Alikhan Bakaev but when the farm workers spotted they weren’t officers they tried to run away.

Alikhan escaped but the mobsters grabbed Adam, who told the Irish Mirror: “I was never this afraid in my whole life. I thought I was going to die.

“The men kept saying they are going to kill me and throw me in the river.”

Speaking from his home in South Dublin, Adam also revealed:

He was pulled into a stolen Mini Cooper and driven for two miles

He was injured in the penis after his attackers realised he was Muslim

And Adam’s mother Raisa tried to call his phone but was told by one thug “he’s f**king dead”.

Gardai are investigating the attack which took place on Bohernabreena Road, Tallaght, South Dublin.

Neither Adam nor Alikhan are involved in criminality and detectives believe it was a random attack carried out by a crazed gang.

Still recovering from his ordeal, Adam explained how the pair were driving to work at a dairy farm when a car overtook them at speed.

The Mini then slowed down so Alikhan went past it.

He revealed: “They said, ‘Garda, Garda, stop’. Then after that the man got out and said, ‘we are from the Garda’.

“I was shocked and scared, I didn’t know what to do.”

Alikhan said he was ordered to get out of the vehicle but thought there was something suspicious about the men.

He claimed they were shaking while searching him and smelled of alcohol.

Alikhan said: “I told my son, in our own language, to run.

“I ran really fast. They chased me but did not catch me.”

But the gang targeted Adam, then grabbed and pushed him into their car.

They also torched Alikhan’s Toyota Avensis.

Adam revealed: “In the car they kept stabbing me. They had me from the head and pushed me in sideways.

“They put my head down so I couldn’t see the road.”

At least three men were in the car at the time. Adam said: “I was stabbed in my leg, back and shoulders.

“I was stabbed in the face and stomach as well.

“They said, ‘where are you from?’ I said I was from Chechnya.

“They asked am I Muslim and stabbed me in the penis. They said they will bring me to a place you won’t see.

“Some guy who was there said, ‘we will put him in the river after we finish and break his f****** teeth’.”

Adam explained after a two-mile journey the gang stopped and dragged him from their vehicle. They then stripped him and he realised his only chance of survival was to play dead.

Adam said: “They covered me with leaves and sand. They just drove off.

“I was shocked and very scared. I had no clue what they were going to do.”

Alikhan claimed his son has never been in a fight or slapped, adding: “He is the most civil boy you can meet.”

The ordeal didn’t end there as the abductors stole Adam’s mobile and answered it when Raisa rang at 6.10am.

She revealed: “They said, ‘Why are you calling you f****** bitch.

“You f****** scumbag. He’s f**king dead already.”

Eventually Adam fled the scene and saw the farmer who he works for in Brittas, Co Wicklow, driving

along the road.

Adam said: “I was naked and so confused. I thought he was one of them coming back for me.”

Gardai, paramedics and firefighters were tasked and the teenager was brought to hospital.

The car used by the mob has been recovered and is being examined.

Detectives said it was stolen in Tallaght before the attack.

Adam didn’t suffer any long-term injuries but remains in a lot of pain.

He said: “When I swallow, drink or eat it’s very sore.”

Adam’s family moved to Ireland in 2005 after being rescued by the Red Cross from war-torn Chechnya.

They have full refugee status and said their experiences up until now have been extremely positive.

Raisa said she is sickened by the attack on her young son.

She added: “I think if I see these men I would spit on them. I would slap him if I had the chance.

“If I had a gun I would empty all the bullets in his head.”

Gardai have no evidence the incident was racially-motivated but Alikhan said the men were driven by hate.

He described the men as being in their late 20s and speaking with thick Anglo-Irish accents.

Anyone with information about the attack is asked to call 016666000 or the Confidential Line on 1800666111.