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| Sikh stabbed at US airport, police |
| Sikh stabbed at US airport, police rules out hate crime
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 6-December-2011
9:54:56 AM |
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A Sikh man traveling to India has been stabbed at an airport in California.
The police, who subsequently arrested the assailant, have ruled out hate crime.
The middle-aged man, whose name has not been released by the police, was treated for a quarter-inch stab wound in the upper torso at Fresno Yosemite International Airport, and chose to continue the first leg of his flight to India, a local newspaper reported yesterday.
The assailant, a 26-year-old white man has been taken into custody, said Fresno City Police Department's Lt Don Gross.
Fresno police said Mitchell Dufur, 26, stabbed the Sikh man in his 50s in the upper torso Sunday evening near the security checkpoint. No words were exchanged before the attack. The man was standing with his translator when the attack occurred.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations urged the FBI and police Monday to investigate the incident as a possible hate crime. “Sikh men who wear beards and turbans as part of their faith are often targeted by bigots who mistake them for Muslims”, said Sacramento CAIR Executive Director Basim Elkarra.
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