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POLICE IN A Seattle suburb are seeking a gunman who had shot a Sikh man in the arm and told him to “go back to your own country,” the Seattle Times reports.
India’s foreign minister said on Twitter that the victim is identified Deep Rai and he told police he was working in his driveway on Friday when the unidentified man approached him.
“I am sorry to know about the attack on Deep Rai, a U.S. national of Indian origin,” Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said. He added that he had spoken to the father of the victim.
Rai told police in the Seattle suburb of Kent that the shooter is 6-foot-tall, white and has a stocky build. He said the man was wearing a mask covering the lower half of his face.
Recently, South Asians have been on edge after a deadly shooting in a suburban Kansas City bar that the FBI is investigating as a hate crime. Authorities said witnesses to the shooting, which left an Indian man dead and another wounded, said the suspect yelled “get out of my country” before he opened fire.
In suburban Seattle, Rai told police the suspect said he should go back to his homeland and the two got into an argument, according to the paper. It said the victim told police the man then shot him in the arm.
Sikhs have previously been the target of attacks in the US After the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the backlash that hit Muslims around the country expanded to include those of the Sikh faith, the men often identified by a turban and a long beard.
Male observant Sikhs often cover their heads with turbans, which are considered sacred, and refrain from shaving their beards. The faith comes from South Asia’s Punjab region.
In 2012, a man shot and killed six Sikh worshippers and wounded four others at a Sikh temple near Milwaukee before killing himself.
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Best wishes in your recovery
Best wishes. Health is your wealth
Congratulations Barry, the hard work starts now and no doubt you are well up for the task. Best wishes to Brian and his family on his long road to recovery.
Best wishes Barry and let’s hope Brian will.be home with you all again soon.
Brian never looked a picture of health and politics is a very unhealthy lifestyle. Unfortunately it looks like it caught up with him in the end. I didn’t agree with some of his policies but I appreciate his service to our country and wish him a full and speedy recovery.
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This man condones puppy farming where animals are kept in terrible conditions to be sold for huge profits.
@Johnny 5: Signed
@The Risen: SF have condoned worse….a lot worse.
@Canyon: sorry bud but this is not a party thing its a welfare thing. This is not a sinn fein thing. If Mary Lou or even gandhi was doing it I’d sign.
@Canyon: Hope Brian Cowan makes further progress.
Johnny 5 condoned the ‘bumping off’ (as he put it) of Lawlor on the Belfast murder thread but that’s ok cause he cares about puppies!
@Fionn Darland: Puppies don’t chop children up and discard their body parts around the housing estates of Dublin. You seem more concerned by the death of an absolute psycho than you do about animal cruelty.
@The Risen: You’ll be busy signing petitions and being outraged here and on Twitter for the next few years.
@Johnny 5: The rule of law should apply to all J5. Some of us still don’t approve of a shoot to kill policy, even against psychos. I am 100% against animal cruelty by the way but will not sign a petition recommended by you. FF living rent free in sf heads!
@Fionn Darland: The rule of law? You mean the revolving door for serious criminals where it’s a gravy train for judges, barristers and lawyers! Don’t make me laugh.
Politics definitely doesn’t come into something like that….Best wishes to Brian Cowen on his recovery
I wish Mr Cowen a full and speedy recovery back to full health.
Speedy recovery to Mr. Cowen and best wishes
To his family.
Good News
Brian was such a down to earth individual. Wishing his continued recovery.
Speedy Recovery to Brian Cowan.
Oh that’s good news. He was on my mind since Barry’s appointment.
Great day for Barry and his family and delighted to hear Brian is improving, looking forward to him making a speedy and full recovery.
Darragh Colleary must be rightly pissed off – Biffo Junior got a ministry ahead of him.
I wish Brian Cowen a full recovery.
As for his brother Barry, I hope he will be removed from his ministerial position in the department of agriculture. He will be a disaster for animal welfare.
A speedy recovery and I hope he has a long life.
I hope he makes a full recovery and one day faces justice for what he has done. If he loses his memory or speech that possibility will be taken from us sadly.
@SC: I hope it never happens to you or any of your loves ones,
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