In a deadly trend, the attacks against Indians in western countries like the United States and the United Kingdom are not stopping. The rise in these attacks inculcated fear among Indians living there. They are forced to live in fear with the increase in attacks and assaults.
The trend went through a big change as Hindus living there are being targeted. Be it online abuse on trolling, they are under attack. All this is being happened despite Indians making up a good percentage of Asians in the United States. One more incident came to light now.
A California man who is accused of carrying out hate crimes against Hindu women was arrested by the concerned police. It is said that he has targeted Hindu women for over two months and finally got arrested.
As per the cops, the accused who is identified as Lathan Johnson often attacks women who wear Hindu attire and steal their jewelry. He also attacked the husbands of Hindu women while trying to steal gold. As the victims are elderly people they are not a match for the accused and they could not stop them.
The Hindu American Foundation which bats for the rights and safety of the Hindu community condemned the attacks and urged everyone to report the crime if something happens and asked them to be courageous.
The local media said that the Indo-American community has been a target of such crimes of late and at regular intervals, they are being targeted. Now, the Hindus are being targeted selectively which is raising many eyebrows.
The Hindu American Foundation blames the online Hindu phobia for the rise in the attacks. The body says that social media and the content that appear on social media are driving the trend to attack Hindus.
The arrested accused is 37-year-old as per the records and he has been targeting Hindu women and men who accompany them since June. His pattern of attacks is such that, he drags women onto the roads and robs them. If men accompanying them try to stop him, he trashes them brutally. He is terrorizing the community reportedly.