Another Indian student attacked in Australia

Melbourne, November 4: In yet another attack on Indians in Melbourne, an engineering student from the community was racially abused by a group of Australians, including a woman, who also punched him in his left eye.

36-year-old Amrit Goyal, pursuing automotive engineering from the Australian Industrial System Institute here, was attacked in Laverton area, Amit Meghnani, President of Federation of Indian Students of Australia (FISA), said.

Goyal was attacked yesterday outside his house when a group of two men and a woman hurled racial abuses at him and also physically assaulted him.

"I was standing outside my home when two men and one woman approached me. They were shouting abuses at me. I asked them to calm down but they punched me in my left eye. I called the police but they came after an hour and a half.

(With PTI inputs)