Teenager pleads guilty to hate crime for hitting US Sikh
Thursday, 17/12/2015
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NEW YORK: An American teenager accused of brutally beating a Sikh man in the US and calling him a ‘terrorist’ and ‘Bin Laden’ has pleaded guilty to one count of hate crime, a media report said. The 17-year-old, whose name was not released, pleaded guilty on December 7 to hitting Inderjit Mukker, 53, of Darien and will be sentenced in February in a juvenile court.
Mukker was assaulted on September 8 when the Willowbrook teen pulled up to his car yelling racial slurs, including, “Terrorist, go back to your country, Bin Laden!” A US citizen and father of two, Mukker was on his way to a grocery store and was repeatedly cut off by a driver.
The assailant then reached into the car and repeatedly punched Mukker in the face, causing him to lose consciousness, bleed profusely and suffer a fractured cheekbone and a laceration to his cheek. He was rushed to hospital, where he received six stitches, treatment for lacerations.
“We are pleased that the defendant is accepting responsibility for the impact of his actions on Mukker and the Sikh community,” Harsimran was quoted as saying by the Chicago Tribune. The suspect was identified through a description of the offender and his licence number plate.
