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Fresh Indian attacks in Australia | Fresh Indian attacks in Australia |
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Two Indian students have been assaulted in the Australian city of Melbourne - the latest in a series of attacks there targeting people from India. | Two Indian students have been assaulted in the Australian city of Melbourne - the latest in a series of attacks there targeting people from India. |
A group of attackers allegedly made racist comments before kicking and punching the students on Monday. | A group of attackers allegedly made racist comments before kicking and punching the students on Monday. |
One victim was taken to hospital and underwent surgery. Police have charged five men over the attacks, reports say. | One victim was taken to hospital and underwent surgery. Police have charged five men over the attacks, reports say. |
Meanwhile, the prime minister's nephew has been fined for staging a controversial anti-racism protest. | Meanwhile, the prime minister's nephew has been fined for staging a controversial anti-racism protest. |
Van Thanh Rudd - the son of PM Kevin Rudd's brother - and another man dressed in Ku Klux Klan costumes and carried anti-racism signs outside the Australian Open tennis championship on Tuesday. | Van Thanh Rudd - the son of PM Kevin Rudd's brother - and another man dressed in Ku Klux Klan costumes and carried anti-racism signs outside the Australian Open tennis championship on Tuesday. |
They had each been fined Australian $234 ($210; £130) for offensive behaviour, Victoria state police said. | They had each been fined Australian $234 ($210; £130) for offensive behaviour, Victoria state police said. |
The attack on the students, aged 20 and 22, was the eighth such incident in Australia in a fortnight. | The attack on the students, aged 20 and 22, was the eighth such incident in Australia in a fortnight. |
The cartoon appeared in the 5 January edition of Delhi's Mail Today | The cartoon appeared in the 5 January edition of Delhi's Mail Today |
Earlier this month, Australia condemned an Indian newspaper cartoon depicting an Australian police officer as a member of the Ku Klux Klan. | Earlier this month, Australia condemned an Indian newspaper cartoon depicting an Australian police officer as a member of the Ku Klux Klan. |
The cartoon, published in New Delhi's Mail Today, satirised Victoria police for saying there was no evidence the fatal stabbing of Indian student Nitin Garg, 21, in a Melbourne park on 2 January, had been racially motivated. | |
Van Thanh Rudd said Indians in Australia were two-and-a-half times more likely to be attacked than any other ethnic group and it was time for the government to condemn the attacks as racist. | Van Thanh Rudd said Indians in Australia were two-and-a-half times more likely to be attacked than any other ethnic group and it was time for the government to condemn the attacks as racist. |
He told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) the protest was also meant to call attention to the plight of asylum seekers turned away from Australian shores. | He told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) the protest was also meant to call attention to the plight of asylum seekers turned away from Australian shores. |
Van Thanh Rudd is an artist whose work is categorised by bold, political statements. | Van Thanh Rudd is an artist whose work is categorised by bold, political statements. |
A spokeswoman for the prime minister told ABC his nephew's protest was "a matter for the people involved". | A spokeswoman for the prime minister told ABC his nephew's protest was "a matter for the people involved". |
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