US teen gets 2-year probation for attacking Sikh-American
Friday, 11/03/2016
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NEW YORK: A US teenager has been sentenced to two years’ probation for brutally assaulting a Sikh-American man last year. The teen has also been charged with hate crime for calling the victim a “terrorist” and “bin Laden”, and has been ordered to perform community service for the Sikh community.
The 17-year-old, whose name was not released, had pleaded guilty in December last year to hitting Inderjit Singh Mukker, 53, of Darien, Illinois in a traffic altercation on September 8, just days before the fourteenth 9/11 anniversary.
Mukker and the defendant were involved in a “road rage” incident instigated by the defendant yelling racial slurs at Mukker, including “Terrorist, go back to your country, Bin Laden!”, a police investigation had found.
The defendant repeatedly punched Mukker in the face as he sat in his vehicle.
