A man was arrested in the US on charges of a hate crime after he allegedly punched a Sikh clerk and threw hot coffee on him at a shop in California, believing that the victim was a Muslim. Moments later, the Sikh clerk emerged and the suspect attacked him near the front door of the shop, punching him on his face and throwing hot coffee on him before fleeing from the spot. The Sikh clerk later told the officers that the suspect had prepared a cup of coffee and tried to leave without paying, according to a police statement. Subsequently, the man was arrested. During interrogation, Crain told the police that he assaulted the Sikh clerk because he thought that he was a Muslim, and he "hated Muslims."

Source: dna February 18, 2019 01:41 UTC