Indian Student Badly Beaten up in Sydney; Police Rules out Racism

In the latest case of violence on Indians in Australia, a 24-year-old student has been severely beaten up in western Sydney but police has claimed that the assault was not racially motivated, reported PTI.

According to ‘Sydney Morning Herald’, the attack on the Indian student took place on the night of April 28.

Report said that he was repeatedly hit and kicked by unidentified assailants; however, police claimed that the attack was not racial.

Police said that he was walking along Amos Street, Westmead, in Sydney’s west just after 7.30 pm local time when the attack took place, report said.

The student fell to the ground and three men kicked him and stopped only when a passing cab halted to help the victim, said report.

However, Police crime manager Adam Phillips said that there was no evidence the attack was racially motivated.

He said that the offenders said ‘nothing racial’ to the victim and the attack followed a number of robberies surrounding train stations in the area, said report.

“There have been a number of problems with people being robbed and they (attackers) are simply belting them and taking their phone and wallet and they’re off,” he was quoted as saying.

He said that police was executing a number of operations in the area and already 13 arrests had been made for street robberies in last three weeks, report said.