MPs, cutting across party lines, condemned the incidents of attacks and sought the Prime Minister's intervention in ensuring the safety of Indian population aboard. The victim, a taxi driver from Kerala, had linked increasing racial assaults and slurs in Australia to "the Donald Trump effect". He alleged that it was a racial attack as the assaulters had hurled abuses like "you bloody black Indians" at him. The spokesperson said his country has launched a thorough investigation to find out whether the attack was racial in nature. The victim Li Max Joy described the racial mood, ethnic slurs and assaults to "the Donald Trump effect".

Source: dna March 28, 2017 02:03 UTC