Sikh worker faces severe racial attack

RICHMOND HILL: As Barack Obama spoke about tempering qualities of humility and restraint, 21-year-old Jasmir Singh, a Sikh truck worker was dubbed "Osama" and was attacked a third time, this time more viciously than on the previous two occasions. He may lose vision in the left eye, which has been stabbed badly, while his hair and beard were also pulled.

Sending shockwaves among hundreds of Sikhs who live in this area, Jasmir Singh said that it was a racial attack and that his friend who was not a Sikh, was left unharmed.

Recovering at the Elmhurst Hospital Center with a score of stitches on his left eye, Jasmir Singh, who was attacked near a grocery store at Jackson Heights said that he was taunted and abused.

According to last reports, two of the suspected attackers have been detained and the police is on the lookout for a third one.

Jasmir's father, Jiwan Singh summed it all, "We voted for Obama, but we are being dubbed Osama. Surely, we did not expect this."

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