Source: The Seattle Times
The FBI is helping the Kent Police Department investigate the shooting of a Sikh man who claims his assailant told him to “go back to your own country.”
A statement Sunday from the FBI’s Seattle office said the bureau remains “committed to investigating crimes that are potentially hate-motivated.”
The victim of the Friday shooting was identified Sunday as Deep Rai in a tweet from India’s minister of external affairs, Sushma Swaraj. She also tweeted that Rai is out of danger.
“I am sorry to know about the attack on Deep Rai, a U.S. national of Indian origin,” Swaraj tweeted. She said she has spoken to his father, and “He told me that his son had a bullet injury on his arm. He is out of danger and is recovering …”
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