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Shocking: Sikh Man Attacked and Spit on Face, Second Incident in a Week

In the second incident in a week, A 71-year-old Sikh man was attacked and spit at by two unidentified men in the US state of California. The incident has raised concerns about the growing number of hate crimes in the country.

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The disturbing footage from a surveillance camera shows Sahib Singh Natt walking alone on the side of a road early morning on August 6 in Manteca, California when two men, wearing hoodies, walking from the opposite direction approach him. Natt stops on seeing the men and the two men are seen talking to him. Singh then walks past them but they continue to follow and talk with him. After a brief argument, one of the men, who is wearing a black hoodie, suddenly kicks Natt in the stomach and the elderly man falls down on the road, with his turban coming off. He tries to get up and defend himself but the man again kicks him in the stomach. Natt falls on the road as the man who attacked him comes close to him and appears to touch his face and spit on him. They then walk away as Natt is lying on the road.

This is the second attack on a Sikh man in about a week in California. On July 31, 50-year old Surjit Malhi was attacked while putting up campaign signs in support of incumbent Republican Congressman Jeff Denham and other local Republican candidates. While beating Malhi, the attackers yelled “Go back to your country! and spray painted the same message, along with hate symbols, on his truck. Local police are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.

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