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US Muslim body seeks probe into attack on Sikh
Tuesday December 06, 2011 08:02:39 PM,
Arun Kumar, IANS
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Washington:
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has sought an FBI
investigation of a possible biased motive for the stabbing of a
Sikh man at Fresno Yosemite International Airport in California.
The Sikh man in his mid-50s was stabbed while waiting in a public
area near the Transportation Security Administration terminal
Sunday evening, a local newspaper reported citing Fresno Police.
The suspect, who was apprehended by police, is described as a
26-year-old white man. The victim was treated for non-life
threatening injuries and then boarded his flight. Police say there
were no words exchanged between the two men before the attack.
"We ask local law enforcement authorities and the FBI to probe a
possible bias motive in this case," said Basim Elkarra, executive
director of the Sacramento Valley office of CAIR.
"Sikh men who wear beards and turbans as part of their faith are
often targeted by bigots who mistake them for Muslims."
He noted that a Hindu man was assaulted last month in San Jose,
California, by a group of men who called him a "terrorist."
(Arun Kumar can
be contacted at arun.kumar@ians.in)
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