Sikh Hammer Attack Victim: Suspect Said, ‘You’re Not My Brother. You’re Not The Same Skin. I Don’t Like You”
CBS New York 4 hrs ago Syndicated Local – CBS New York
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) Police are looking for a suspect who attacked a member of the Sikh community with a hammer.
The attack happened Monday in the lobby of Brooklyn Hotel.
A man started screaming at operations manager Sumit Ahluwalia. The 32-year-old said the man first spit in his face, and then bashed him in the head with a hammer.
“I came moving back and said, ‘Hey brother, what happened?’ He said, ‘You’re not my brother. You’re not the same skin. I don’t like you, ” Ahluwalia said.
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Sumit Ahluwalia, 32, of Astoria, described the violent April 26 confrontation, when a dark-skinned man began screaming in the lobby of the Quality Inn in Brownsville, where Ahluwalia works.
The victim says right before the attack, the suspect told him he didn’t like him because of the color of his skin and also spit in his face three times.