A Sikh man was injured when a masked gunman opened fire at him in front of his house in Washington after telling him “Go to your own country.”
The victim, who was hit in the arm, survived the Friday night attack, the third shooting of an Indian national in discussed 10 days within the.
The attacks have claimed two lives and shocked the nation.
The 39-year-old Sikh, offers not been identified by name, was working on his car in front of his house in Kent city of Washington state when the gunman called white, who had his face partially covered, opened fire at him, police said.
“We’re early on in our investigation,” the Seattle Times quoted Kent Police chief Ken Thomas as saying on Fun. “We are treating this as such a serious automobile accident.”
According to KING5 TV, the incident was being investigated as a hate crime and police had reached out towards Federal Bureau of Investigation for relief.
In firearm control spate of attacks, Harnish Patel of Lancaster in South Carolina, was killed on Thursday, and Srinivas Kuchibhotla was murdered last month 22 in Olathe, Ks.
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