Ah neh set on fire but no evidence of a racial motive yet

[Sun Jian]

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Jan 9, 2010

Indian man set on fire

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In the latest incident, the victim was parking his car in a side street after dinner with friends when he was attacked in the early hours of Saturday. -- PHOTO: AFP

<!-- story content : start --> SYDNEY - A MAN of Indian descent was recovering in hospital on Saturday after being set on fire in Australia, police said, in the latest in a string of similar attacks. Police stressed there was no evidence of a racial motive after four men poured an unidentified fluid on the 29-year-old man and set it alight in a Melbourne suburb, leaving him with 15 per cent burns. It follows last weekend's stabbing murder of an Indian man in the city which prompted a New Delhi newspaper to print a cartoon likening Australian police to the Ku Klux Klan. In the latest incident, the victim was parking his car in a side street after dinner with friends when he was attacked in the early hours of Saturday. His condition was described as stable. 'I believe there's no reason at this stage to consider this in any way racially motivated,' detective sergeant Neil Smyth told reporters. 'The circumstances of parking a car randomly on a side street and just some people approaching him are a bit strange and it's highly unlikely, therefore, to be a targeted attack on any individual... Police have only a vague description of the attackers 'which is really just unspecific, just four males,' Mr Smyth said. 'It is an unusual event.' Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the government 'condemns all acts of violence in the strongest possible way'. 'This matter remains under investigation by the Victorian police,' she said in a statement. -- AFP

 

[Sun Jian]

From postnew

Jaspreet Singh was returning home from a dinner party when he was set alight. (ABC)

He is in a stable condition in the Alfred Hospital with burns to 20 per cent of his body

 

[Unrepented]

IMO maybe he just happen to walk into harms way. It was dark and the few guys couldn't see him passing by between the target and them.

 

[Sun Ce]

No racism link in Vic attack on Indian

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Crime squad investigators say the circumstances leading up to a 29-year-old Indian man being set on fire in an alleged attack are "unusual" - but not racially motivated. The man is recovering in hospital in serious condition with burns to his hands, face and legs after parking his car in Melbourne's northwest. It's alleged that the man was randomly approached by four men who burned his car and set him on fire. "I believe there's no reason at this stage to consider this in any way racially motivated," Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Neil Smyth told reporters on Saturday. "The circumstances of parking a car randomly on a side street and just some people approaching him are a bit strange and it's highly unlikely, therefore, to be a targeted attack on any individual." Police were told the man and his wife left a dinner party in Essendon between 1.30am and 2am (AEDT) on Saturday and drove to their nearby home in Grice Crescent. The man told police he dropped his wife off and then drove to a nearby street to park the car. As the man was getting out of the vehicle, four men allegedly attacked him, pushed him back against the vehicle and poured an unknown fluid on him.

One of the men is alleged to have then ignited the fluid with a lighter before all four men fled. The man then ran from the car, throwing his burning clothes into the street. The man suffered burns to 15 per cent of his body. The attackers have been described in only a "generalised description which is really just unspecific, just four males," Det Act Snr Sgt Smyth said. "It is an unusual event," he said. Neighbours across the street said they heard the car explode into flames but didn't notice any kind of fight or disturbance. Raymond Yacoub, who has lived in the area for 30 years, said he woke up to see the car ablaze and firefighters spraying it down. "Actually, to be honest, I thought maybe it was an insurance job," he said. "Somebody tried to get rid of it. That's what I thought." Police say their investigation into the incident is a priority and are appealing for any witnesses to contact them. Acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the federal government condemned all violence - regardless of motivation. "The government condemns all acts of violence in the strongest possible way," she said in a statement on Saturday. "This matter remains under investigation by the Victorian police," adding that the government would not comment further until police could provide more information.

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[Ah Guan]

Re: No racism link in Vic attack on Indian

As the man was getting out of the vehicle, four men allegedly attacked him, pushed him back against the vehicle and poured an unknown fluid on him.

One of the men is alleged to have then ignited the fluid with a lighter before all four men fled.

knn.... this time not me lah

 

[Shin Orochi]

Indian man lied about attack

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Indian man lied about attack

<!-- by line --> <!-- end by line --> MELBOURNE (Australia) - POLICE on Wednesday said an Indian man who claimed he was attacked by four men and set on fire made the story up after accidentally lighting himself on fire while torching his car in an insurance fraud scheme. Jaspreet Singh, 29, of Melbourne, appeared at a bail hearing on charges of making a false police report and criminal damage with a view to gaining a financial advantage. He did not enter a plea. The Jan 8 incident occurred amid growing tension between India and Australia over a highly publicised spate of street violence against Indian students in recent months in Melbourne, Australia's second largest city.

Singh told police he was parking his car when four men approached him, pushed him against the car and poured a fluid on him. He said one of the men then set him on fire. Singh was left with burns to his arms, chest and face, police said.But on Wednesday, Detective Senior Constable Danielle O'Keefe told the court arson chemists and hospital staff had determined Singh's injuries and damage to his clothes and car were not consistent with his story.

'Police inquiries have led us to believe that Mr Singh is in some financial difficulty and that he intended to sell his car but instead stood to gain $11,000 from an insurance claim out of this particular incident,' she told the court. Singh was granted bail and ordered to appear in Magistrates' Court on March 15. -- AP

 

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