Fresh attacks terrorize Indians in Australia

Melbourne: With Saturday's attack on another Indian in Australia, non resident Indians in that country are shocked and undecided about what they should do next.

Twenty-nine-year-old Jaspreet Singh was set afire by four miscreants in Essendon in Melbourne early on Saturday. He was parking his car around 2 am when the attackers pushed him inside the car, poured a fluid over him, set him afire with a lighter and fled.

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This comes a week after another Indian, Nitin Garg (21) was stabbed to death at a park in Melbourne's Yarraville.

"We are shocked at the incident. We do not know what to do," Federation of the Indian Students Association spokesperson Gautam Gupta said, Times Now reported.

Singh was admitted to The Alfred hospital with 15 per cent burns on arms, face and chest.

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According to Australian newspaper The Age, a police spokesperson said investigators are not yet aware of the motive of the Essendon attack.

"They don't believe it was racially motivated at this stage," she said.

The Indian Ministry of External Affairs has condemned the attack.

In the recent months there has been a series of racial attacks on Indian students and migrants in Australia.