Press Trust of India
WASHINGTON, 26 FEB: In an apparent hate
crime incident in the USA, a Sikh man was shot at several times by
truck-borne unidentified gunmen in Florida.
Kanwaljit Singh, 46,
was attacked by the truck-borne assailants near Daytona Beach on
Saturday night. He was later admitted to a hospital where he is
undergoing treatment.
Mr Kanwaljit, who was accompanied by his
son, received multiple bullet injuries in his thigh and torso, officials
said. His son managed to escape unhurt.
“Although no clear
motive (behind the attack) has been established, initial indications are
this shooting was not a random act. There was no previous confrontation
between occupants of either vehicle,” Mr Wayne Miller, Port Orange's
assistant chief of police, was quoted as saying by local daily Daytona
Beach News Journal.
Meanwhile, the authorities yesterday said that the incident will be probed by the agencies as a hate crime.
Condemning
the act, the Sikh American Legal Defence and Education Fund and
'Sikh Coalition' called on the law enforcement officials and requested
them to conduct a thorough probe into the incident.
The shooting
incident comes days after US lawmakers asked the department of justice
and the FBI to track the hate crimes committed against Sikhs, Hindus and
Arab Americans.
So far more than 40 Congressmen have signed onto
the letter addressed to the department of justice and the FBI, with
lawmakers Judy Chu, Eliot Engel, Bill Pascrell, Adam Schiff, Gary
Peters, Tulsi Gabbard, Ami Bera, Michael Honda, and Eric Swalwell being
the original signatories.
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