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Sikh Man Shot & Injured by Man Yelling “Go Home to Your Country”

HeadlineMar 06, 2017

In Kent, Washington, police are investigating the shooting of a 39-year-old Sikh man, who was cleaning his car in his driveway Friday when a man approached, began calling him names, told him, “Go home to your country,” and then pushed him to the ground and shot him in the arm. The man is a U.S. citizen originally from Punjab, India. He survived the attack, which police are investigating as a possible hate crime.

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