|
Sikh graduate
student is victim of Texas hate attack
WSN Network
Washington D.C.: A Sikh graduate student at Texas A & M University
was viciously attacked by an unknown assailantl in Bryan, Texas,
April 10. The attack knocked the student's turban off his head,
reports Asian Week.
The Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF) filed
formal complaints with the Bryan Police Department and the Federal
Bureau of Investigation. Law officials classified the attack as a
hate crime. SALDEF says it is monitoring the progress of the
investigation and is ensuring that the crime is prosecuted as a hate
crime.
23 April 2008
|