LDALL INDIAN 2

The incident occurred near the Somerville and Geelong
Road, West Footscray, about 10 pm local time last night (0330
HRS IST this morning).

Police said the youth from Newport had travelled to
Yarraville train station about 9.30 pm local time (0300 HRS
IST), then walked along Anderson Street to Cruickshank Park,
where he was stabbed in the abdomen. He managed to stumble
some 300 metres to the Hungry Jack's restaurant.
Nearly 100 cases of attacks on Indians, mostly racial,
were reported in Australia in 2009 as against 17 incidents of
assaults in 2008. But, Garg, who was the first Indian to be
attacked this year, had been the only victim of such assaults
to succumb to injuries.
Police Homicide Squad Senior Sergeant Dave Snare
described it as a vicious attack.
Sen Sgt Snare said at this stage there was no known
motive and there was no evidence the youth was targeted
because of his race.
"I think to draw any conclusion as to the motive may
interfere with the investigation and would be presumptuous at
this stage," he said.
The Indian Consulate here declined to comment on the
fatal attack on Garg.
The Federation of Indian Students Association (FISA)
expressed its deep concern over the attack, with its Founding
President Gautam Gupta saying that the organisation was in
touch with the victim's friends and providing all support.
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