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Mon, 11/09/2009 - 17:28
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Indian student attacked in Australia

Natasha Chaku
Melbourne, Nov 9 (PTI) In yet another attack on Indian
students here, a 22-year-old youth was punched on his face by
a group of Australians, who also told the victim that "in this
place there is no home for you".
Sai Ratan Tiwari, who hails from Jabalpur in India's
central state of Madhya Pradesh, was on his way to a temple
along with a friend on Sunday when two Australians stopped him
and asked where they were going.
"I told them I was going home instead of disclosing
that I was going to a temple," said Tiwari, who arrived here a
year ago to persue Bachelors of Information Systems.
Tiwari, a student of Ballarat University, said he was
scared to disclose that he was visiting a temple.
"They punched on my face and told me 'in this place
there is no home for you'," he said, adding he refused to go
to hospital and instead was treated by an on-site ambulance.
He said while his friend was trying to make a phone
call to police, the attackers snatched the phone and fled the
scene. (More) PTI

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