An Indian man is in a serious condition in a Melbourne hospital after being attacked and set alight by a gang.
The attack comes a week after an Indian graduate student, Nitin Garg, was stabbed to death in the city.
This prompted a travel advisory from the Indian government about the safety of Melbourne.
Last year saw a spate of attacks against Indian students, which has deterred many from studying in Australia.
The 29-year-old Indian was returning home from a dinner party with his wife when he set up by a gang of men, who poured fluid over him and then set him alight.
He is now in a Melbourne hospital, where his condition has been described as serious, suffering from burns to 15% of his body.
Police say they are not sure why the man was targeted and whether it was a racially-motivated attack - but it is bound to increase the sense of outrage in India, where there's been an angry reaction to the murder last weekend of Nitin Garg.
The Indian government has already this week issued an advisory warning about the dangers of travelling to Melbourne, Australia's second largest city, where the local Indian community claims that racist attacks are on the rise.
-BBC (sorry don't know how to add link) - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8449731.stm
Holy fuck.
The major political parties can't keep denying these are racially-motivated attacks. This will have a major impact on the financial model of universities. Already, a significant percentage of foreign student enrollments in Australian universities for 2010 has dropped. Beyond that, there's no telling how this could effect the relationship between Australia and India.
The attack comes a week after an Indian graduate student, Nitin Garg, was stabbed to death in the city.
This prompted a travel advisory from the Indian government about the safety of Melbourne.
Last year saw a spate of attacks against Indian students, which has deterred many from studying in Australia.
The 29-year-old Indian was returning home from a dinner party with his wife when he set up by a gang of men, who poured fluid over him and then set him alight.
He is now in a Melbourne hospital, where his condition has been described as serious, suffering from burns to 15% of his body.
Police say they are not sure why the man was targeted and whether it was a racially-motivated attack - but it is bound to increase the sense of outrage in India, where there's been an angry reaction to the murder last weekend of Nitin Garg.
The Indian government has already this week issued an advisory warning about the dangers of travelling to Melbourne, Australia's second largest city, where the local Indian community claims that racist attacks are on the rise.
-BBC (sorry don't know how to add link) - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8449731.stm
Holy fuck.
The major political parties can't keep denying these are racially-motivated attacks. This will have a major impact on the financial model of universities. Already, a significant percentage of foreign student enrollments in Australian universities for 2010 has dropped. Beyond that, there's no telling how this could effect the relationship between Australia and India.
