Hero Hossein Alamgir chased the thugs away (Picture: Facebook/Gaia Guarnotta)

An immigrant flower seller saved a woman from being raped by a gang of 25 men.

Hero Hossein Alamgir, 58, chased the thugs away after they had reportedly tried to drag Gaia Guarnotta, 25, by the arm, near Piazza della Repubblica in Florence, Italy.

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The photographer had been attacked while walking alone at around 11.30pm.

Her attackers had taken her glasses away and were trying to pull her to a secluded area.


‘I was walking alone on the street at 23.30, walking. I like to walk, I love Florence and I love the night,’ Ms Guarnotta, originally from Livorno, wrote on social media.

Gaia Guarnotta was attacked by thugs (Picture: Facebook/Gaia Guarnotta)

‘Then the nightmare begins. They start to say phrases like, “come on with us, let’s have fun, 25 against one, you will have a good night.”



‘(They said) “let’s have a gang bang, you will enjoy it, so many all together, you have never seen this many. You are the one who is refusing us and our kind offer, stupid slut, you see you are a whore.”’

Mr Alamgir reportedly stepped in after noticing Ms Guarnotta was in trouble.

They had reportedly tried to drag Gaia Guarnotta, 25, by the arm, near Piazza della Repubblica in Florence, Italy (Picture: Google maps)

The Bangladeshi immigrant, who has been living in country for 12 years, managed to scare the men away and then comforted Ms Guarnotta afterwards.

He gave her towels to wash up and also gifted her one of his roses to make her feel better.

Ms Guarnotta added: ‘Thank you to this world for there are people like Hossein, who help without wanting anything in return. This is a face I will never forget.’

She did not reveal if she had contacted police over the incident, Direttanews reported.