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Sikh shot at, injured in U.S.

Washington May 21. An Indian Sikh was shot at and seriously injured by a group of white men in the latest incident of hate crime in the U.S., triggering fresh concern among the immigrants who have condemned the attack.

At least two white men fired at Avtar Chiera (52), a truck driver, injuring him seriously when he was waiting for his son to pick him up after parking his 18-wheeler in north Phoenix, Arizona, on Monday.

They pulled up in a small red pickup truck and started yelling at him, Mr. Chiera said in a Phoenix hospital yesterday.

They opened fire, wounding Mr. Chiera in the lower abdomen and upper thigh.

PTI

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