An Indian student in Australia is in the ICU after being stabbed 11 times last week in a brutal knife attack. His family alleged a hate crime.
Attacked on October 6, Shubham Garg, a 28-year-old PhD candidate at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. He is said to be critical now.
His parents had been trying to get a visa to go to Australia from their home in Agra, Uttar Pradesh.
After graduating from IIT-Madras on September 1, Shubham moved to Australia.
Australian media reports state that on October 6 at around 10.30 p.m., the man approached Shubham on the street.
He claims that the man threatened him and demanded money.
He was repeatedly stabbed by the assailant after he refused, and then he fled.
According to reports, Shubham sustained several injuries to his face, chest, and abdomen.
He was able to get to a nearby house in that condition, where he was brought to the hospital.
A 27-year-old man has been arrested and is facing attempted murder charges.
Shubham didn’t know the attacker, according to reports.
“My brother Shubham Garg, 28,from UP, was brutually attacked in Sydney, Australia 11 times with knife and he is in critical condition.We seek your immediate help in this matter and emergency visa to family member to look after him,” his sister Kavya Garg tweeted on Wednesday, tagging Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office, Union Foreign Minister S Jaishankar, and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
In a subsequent tweet, yeterday she wrote, “Update!! My brother is going through multiple operations and doctor said that infection is spreading in body. Requesting
@narendramodi for urgent help on this matter.”
After the family’s appeal, the government has stepped in.
