Another Indian student attacked in OzJune 12th, 2009 MELBOURNE - In yet another attack on Indians in Australia, a 22-year-old student was allegedly assaulted by a teenager in Adelaide's busy Rundle Mall. According to the police, the attack took place on Thursday.
Indian student attacked in AustraliaJune 12th, 2009 MELBOURNE - An Indian student was attacked and racially abused in east Melbourne, a media report said Monday. 20-year-old Sunny Bajaj, who is from New Delhi, suffered a fractured finger, bruised back and a bloodied nose in the attack Friday night.
Oz police move on Indian groups acting as railway station guardsJune 9th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Indian groups standing guard at railway stations in Melbourne's west to protect students from racial attacks, have been asked to move by the police. The groups have been gathering at St Albans and Thomastown railway stations after a spate of assaults on Indians in the area, the latest on Kamal Jit, 23, who was bashed unconscious while walking home from the St Albans railway station on the weekend.
Indian student's car torched in AustraliaJune 7th, 2009 MELBOURNE - In another attack on Indians in Australia, a car belonging to an Indian student was torched in Melbourne Saturday night by suspected drug addicts. While the police have ruled out a racial motive, the student has claimed it was a racial attack.
Thousands protest attacks on Indians in Australia (Lead)May 31st, 2009 MELBOURNE - Thousands of Indian and Australian students gathered outside the Victorian parliament Sunday to protest a string of attacks on Indians in Australia that many say are racially motivated. The students, including many from other Asian countries, shouted slogans against the Australian government and the police for failing to protect the Indian students.
Rudd speaks with Manmohan Singh, to take steps to ensure safety of Indian studentsMay 30th, 2009 CANBERRA - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has reassured his Indian counterpart, Manmohan Singh that his government will take appropriate steps to ensure the safety and security of Indian students in Australia. Diplomatic relations between the two countries are said to be tense after India expressed anger and dismay over attacks on Indian students in Australia.
Our students feel attacks racially motivated: Indian envoy to Australia (Lead)May 29th, 2009 MELBOURNE - "Our students feel that the attacks on some of them have been motivated racially," High Commissioner of India Sujatha Singh has said, though premier of Australia's Victoria state John Brumby Friday said violence against the Indian community is "completely unacceptable and should not be tolerated". Sujatha Singh told reporters: "I do not think that Australia is a racist society.
Oz Police says attacks on Indian students not racially motivatedMay 29th, 2009 MELBOURNE - The Australian Police has denied that a series of attacks on Indian students was racially motivated. The majority of crimes against Indians in Melbourne are opportunistic, not racially motivated, says Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Keiran Walshe.
Indian students in Melbourne deeply concerned over attacksMay 29th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Indian students in this Australian city are deeply concerned over the spate of attacks that has left one of them battling for life while another recuperates from a stab injury. The friends and acquaintances of Sravan Kumar Theerthala, who was attacked with a screwdriver over the weekend, expressed their concern outside The Royal Melbourne Hospital where he is admitted.
Petrol bomb hurled at Indian student in SydneyMay 29th, 2009 MELBOURNE - An Indian student sustained burn injuries after a petrol bomb was thrown into his apartment in Sydney, said an Indian community leader. This incident took the number of such assaults in Australia to four in the past three weeks.
Australia opposition leader slams government for attacks on IndiansMay 29th, 2009 MELBOURNE - The attacks on international students has been going on "without any government intervention", an opposition leader in Australia's Victoria state said Friday in reference to the assault on Indian students, adding "sadly, the issue is not new". Opposition leader Ted Baillieu said the assaults on students had been going on for three years, "without any government intervention", The Herald Sun reported.
Attacks on Indian students not racial: Australian officialMay 29th, 2009 MELBOURNE - The attacks on Indian students in this Australian city were not racially motivated, an official said Friday, adding "we think they are vulnerable, we don't think it's racial". Deputy Commissioner Kieran Walshe said there was no indication that a rise in assaults and robberies against Indian students in Melbourne's west was due to "race hate".
Australian police arrest two for attack on Indian studentMay 28th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australian police Thursday arrested two teenagers over the beating of an Indian student on a Melbourne train, a media report said. Sourabh Sharma, 21, was beaten by a group of thugs as he travelled on a train May 9, HeraldSun reported.
Another Indian student stabbed in Australia pleaded with attackersMay 28th, 2009 MELBOURNE - An Indian student, who was robbed and stabbed in this Australian city, had pleaded with his attackers who just laughed at him, a media report said. Baljinder Singh had left a railway station Monday when two men carrying weapons approached him and demanded money.
Oz teens arrested for beating Indian studentMay 28th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Police has arrested two people this morning for assaulting an Indian student on a Melbourne train after he refused to give them cigarettes. The two youths who were picked from Hoppers Crossing were aged 16 and 18, and are being interrogated.
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