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US man pleads guilty to attacking Sikh cabbie
WSN Bureau

SILICON VALLEY: A 21-yearold American man who attacked a Sikh taxi driver and called him a "terrorist" is facing two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to hate crime charges.

Luis Arturo Vazquez, 21, pleaded guilty this week to second- degree assault and malicious harassment for the November attack, which left Sukhvir Singh, 48, with a concussion, cuts, bite marks on his scalp and other injuries. Prosecutors in the Washington state will ask for a two-year jail term when Vazquez is sentenced on April 18, it was reported. Vazquez was drunk and had been kicked out of a football game when officers spotted Singh's cab and asked him to give him a ride home on Nov 24 last year, according to court documents. 

Vazquez hurled racial slurs at Singh and attacked the driver who was force to pull over the car. Police allege Vazquez punched and bit Singh, pulling out hair locks as he threatened him and called him a terrorist. Vazquez had been released on a USD 25,000 bail after the attack.

26 March 2008
 

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