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Teens attack Sikh, try to cut his hair

In a fresh attack, a 22-year-old Sikh youth was assaulted by a group of teenagers who tried to remove his turban and cut his hair. Two of the attackers have been arrested.

  • IANS
  • Published: 22:51 June 30, 2009
  • Gulf News

Melbourne: In a fresh attack, a 22-year-old Sikh youth was assaulted by a group of teenagers who tried to remove his turban and cut his hair. Two of the attackers have been arrested.

Resham Singh "was assaulted by a group of six teenagers. They tried to remove the turban of this youth and cut his hair", dailynews365.com reported yesterday.

Singh said the group first abused him, left and again came back with more people and a pair of scissors. They tried to remove his turban and to cut his hair.

The incident took place Monday in Dandenong, a Melbourne suburb. With this attack, the number of victims has risen to 19 since May 9.

Singh said: "My friends tried to save me," adding the "education agent back in India never gave me any information of how hard life will be here".

Singh came from Punjab six months ago to study in Australia.

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