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Really sad news. A brother from Indian Sikh Community in Australia is burned alive.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...n-fire-in-australia-his-family-blames-racism/
y Katie Mettler October 31 at 5:41 AM
Indian bus driver set on fire in Australia
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Indian authorities blame racism for a deadly fire-bombing attack that killed an Indian-born bus driver in Brisbane, Australia. (Reuters)
Passengers already filled the seats of the Brisbane public bus Friday morning when the driver, Manmeet Alisher, pushed open the door in the city suburb of Moorooka so more commuters could board.
In Australia, Alisher, a 29-year-old from India, had established himself as a beloved member of the Punjabi community. He sang and participated in community outreach, reported Australian Broadcasting Corporation, announced on an ethnic radio station and wrote often of his new home in poetry. In six weeks, he planned to get married.
But on Friday morning, around 9 a.m., he settled into
he settled into his duties as one of the city’s newest bus drivers, welcoming his passengers inside.
Then one of those passengers pulled out a deadly device, what police described as an “incendiary item,” and threw it at Alisher.
Flames erupted and smoke filled the cabin, trapping the young man and his passengers inside. A taxi driver, realizing what was happening, kicked open the back door of the bus.
The passengers escaped; Alisher did not.
Queensland police said the bus driver was pronounced dead at the scene, prompting a homicide investigation that has devastated tight knit communities across two countries and forced authorities and family to ask incredulously: Why him ?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...n-fire-in-australia-his-family-blames-racism/
y Katie Mettler October 31 at 5:41 AM
Indian bus driver set on fire in Australia
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Indian authorities blame racism for a deadly fire-bombing attack that killed an Indian-born bus driver in Brisbane, Australia. (Reuters)
Passengers already filled the seats of the Brisbane public bus Friday morning when the driver, Manmeet Alisher, pushed open the door in the city suburb of Moorooka so more commuters could board.
In Australia, Alisher, a 29-year-old from India, had established himself as a beloved member of the Punjabi community. He sang and participated in community outreach, reported Australian Broadcasting Corporation, announced on an ethnic radio station and wrote often of his new home in poetry. In six weeks, he planned to get married.
But on Friday morning, around 9 a.m., he settled into
he settled into his duties as one of the city’s newest bus drivers, welcoming his passengers inside.
Then one of those passengers pulled out a deadly device, what police described as an “incendiary item,” and threw it at Alisher.
Flames erupted and smoke filled the cabin, trapping the young man and his passengers inside. A taxi driver, realizing what was happening, kicked open the back door of the bus.
The passengers escaped; Alisher did not.
Queensland police said the bus driver was pronounced dead at the scene, prompting a homicide investigation that has devastated tight knit communities across two countries and forced authorities and family to ask incredulously: Why him ?
