In a fresh incident of racial attack on Indians in Australia, a 25-year old student was stabbed here, even as another youth from Andhra Pradesh was battling for life after an assault by local teenagers.
Baljinder Singh, 25 was attacked on Monday night when two men carrying weapons approached him, the 'Herald Sun' reported.
The attackers demanded money and as Singh was searching through his bag to hand over his wallet he was stabbed in the abdomen. As Singh screamed for his life, his attackers laughed and fled the scene, the report said.
"I bent down and one guy stabbed me," Singh said. He added, "I just wanted to save my life and yelled just don't kill me."
"They just laughed when they stabbed me in the stomach. They laughed at me...I was screaming." Singh was quoted saying that he believed that the city was a safe place to live, but was now convinced that Indian nationals are being targeted as easy prey.
"We're not safe here now," he said adding "I thought it was safe here, that's why I came to Australia."
Now there are lots of attacks and you can see that in the western suburbs, but I thought Carnegie was the safest place in Melbourne, Singh added.
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