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.
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.
Another Sydney man charged as Indian protests continueJune 11th, 2009 SYDNEY - Sydney Police have charged another man for carrying a weapon and participating in a third successive night of protests by Indian students in the Harris Park area of Sydney, even as Indian community leaders called for an end to the protests. The man was charged for carrying a piece of timber found in his car during a search, the Sydney Morning Herald quoted a police spokeswoman, as saying.
Australian PM warns Indian students over revenge attacksJune 11th, 2009 SYDNEY - A second night of protests by Indian students over perceived racially motivated violence against them prompted Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to warn Wednesday against the formation of vigilante groups. "I fully support hardline measures in response to any act of violence towards any student anywhere - Indian or otherwise," Rudd said.
Australia one of safest countries in world for students: RuddJune 10th, 2009 CANBERRA - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has described his country as one of the safest places for students and warned that vigilante action in response to attacks against foreign students, will not be tolerated. "It's unacceptable for anyone to commit an act of violence against any student of any ethnicity anywhere in Australia," Rudd told Fairfax Radio.
Melbourne Police to crackdown on race attacks, as Oz and Victoria PMs'call for calmJune 10th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Melbourne police will saturate western suburbs train stations to combat robberies targeting Indian students, even as Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Victoria Premier John Brumby issued an appeal for community calm. Victoria's Chief Police Commissioner Simon Overland said police would target Sunshine, St Albans and Thomastown train stations.
Another attack on Indian student in AustraliaJune 8th, 2009 SYDNEY - A 23-year-old Indian student was found unconscious and bleeding after being attacked here in Australia, making him the eleventh target in the past month in a wave of alleged racial attacks, a media report said Monday. The Age newspaper reported Kamal Jit was attacked while walking home from St.
Indian student attacked for the second time in MelbourneJune 8th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Adding to the series of ongoing 'racist' attacks, a 23-year-old Indian student was beaten up for the second time in a fortnight by a group of youths in Melbourne. The latest attack makes Kamaljit the 11th person of Indian community to have suffered assault in last one month in Australia.
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.
Another Indian student attacked with a knife in MelbourneJune 2nd, 2009 SYDNEY - Another Indian student has been attacked by a group of males in Frankston in Melbourne after they stopped him and demanded money and cigarettes despite Australian Government's promise to take strict action against those who attack Indians. Nardeep Singh, a nursing student at Chisholm College was slashed with a stanley knife carried by one of the group, a spokeswoman for Victoria Police said.
Indian students take out peace rally in Australia against racist attacksMay 31st, 2009 MELBOURNE - Hundreds of Indian students in Australia have embarked on a peace rally aimed at curbing racist violence. The march comes in response to a recent spate of violent attacks on Indian students.
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.
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.
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.
Oz police release images of gang bashing of Indian studentMay 21st, 2009 MELBOURNE - Melbourne police have released images of a vicious gang bashing of an Indian-origin student in the latest attack of what is being dubbed "Indian hunting". The footage shows victim Sourabh Sharma, 21, being beaten after being asked for a cigarette by a group of thugs who descended on him as he travelled alone along Melbourne's Werribee train line on May 9, the Herald Sun reports.