White Official John Kirby condemned the latest assaults on Indians in US.
Washington:
Reacting to latest assaults on Indian college students within the US, the White Home has asserted that there isn’t a excuse for violence primarily based on race, gender or some other issue and referred to as it unacceptable within the US.
Whereas addressing a press briefing on Thursday (native time), Coordinator for Strategic Communications on the Nationwide Safety Council within the White Home, John Kirby, acknowledged that US President Joe Biden and his administration have been working very onerous to attempt to thwart and disrupt these sorts of assaults.
In response to a query about latest assaults on Indian college students and considerations amongst mother and father to ship their youngsters to the US, he mentioned, “There isn’t any excuse for violence, definitely primarily based on race or gender or faith or some other issue. That is simply unacceptable right here in the US and the President and his administration has been working very, very onerous to ensure we’re doing every thing we are able to to work with state and native authorities to attempt to thwart and disrupt these sorts of assaults and make it clear to anyone who would possibly contemplate them that they will be held correctly accountable.”
The assertion comes amid a sudden improve in assaults and deaths of Indians and Indian-Individuals in the US.
On February 7, a 41-year-old Indian-origin man died in the US, days after struggling life-threatening accidents because of an assault in downtown Washington, police mentioned. In response to the police, the deceased was recognized as Vivek Taneja of Alexandria, Virginia.
In response to the police report, the incident occurred on February 2 at roughly 2:00 a.m. (native time), following which Taneja was rushed to the hospital for therapy.
“On Friday, February 2, 2024, at roughly 2:00 a.m., Second District officers responded to the listed location for reviews of an assault. Upon arrival, officers positioned an grownup male affected by life-threatening accidents because of an assault. The sufferer was transported to a neighborhood hospital for therapy,” the Metropolitan Police Division’s official launch mentioned.
Nonetheless, attributable to crucial accidents, he succumbed to his accidents and was pronounced lifeless on February 7. The Metropolitan Police in Washington, DC, has been looking for public help in figuring out and finding the suspect.
An Indian scholar confronted a brutal assault in Chicago on February 4. Following the assault, the Indian Consulate in Chicago acknowledged that it was in contact with the sufferer, Syed Mazahir Ali, in addition to his spouse in India.
Movies on social media that surfaced confirmed Ali bleeding closely as he described the horrific incident. In the meantime, one other video circulating on social media, which seems to be CCTV footage of the incident, confirmed Ali being chased by three attackers on the streets of Chicago.
Earlier this month, an Indian scholar in the US named Shreyas Reddy was discovered lifeless in Cincinnati, Ohio. The reason for his loss of life, nevertheless, stays unknown as of now. In response to reviews, Reddy was a scholar on the Linder Faculty of Enterprise.
On January 30, Neel Acharya, a scholar at Purdue College, was discovered lifeless after being lacking for days, in response to the Tippecanoe County Coroner.
Earlier, one other Indian scholar, recognized as Vivek Saini, was brutally killed with repeated blows from a hammer by a homeless man inside a retailer in Lithonia, Georgia, US. A video of the incident went viral on social media, however the date of the incident cannot be confirmed.
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