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A student from Hyderabad, named Syed Mazahir Ali, was badly hurt after four robbers attacked him in Chicago. Ali, who lives in Langar Houz, went to the US to get a Master’s degree and is studying at Indiana Wesleyan University. A video shared on social media shows Ali bleeding a lot as he talks about the scary attack. This is one of many recent attacks on students from India in America.
Indian student Syed Mazahir Ali alleges attack by four
In a viral video, we can hear Ali say that four people attacked him while he was going home. "Four people cornered me as I was carrying food back home, they kicked and punched me, and then they ran away with my phone. Please help me," Ali said in the video. Meanwhile, another video that's circulating on social media, seeming to be CCTV footage of the incident, shows three attackers chasing Ali on the streets of Chicago.
"Punches hit my eye, and they kicked my face, ribs, and back," the report quoted Ali. Robbers stole his cellphone and wallet before they fled the scene. By the end of the video, you could hear him saying, "Please help me, bro. Please help me." Ali showed visible distress and panted throughout the video.
Ali, who is in Chicago was attacked by four men near his house on Campbell Avenue in Chicago on February 4. A video that has been shared a lot online shows Ali being chased by the four men. They catch him, beat him a lot, and then steal his phone and run away.
In the video, Ali has blood on his forehead, nose, and mouth. He says, “Four people attacked me. I was going home with some food. I fell near my house and the four people kicked and punched me. Please help me, bro. Please help me.”
Ali, who is out of breath in the video, also said that the four men stole his phone and ran away.
Indian students attacked, robbed in US
After the attack, the Indian Consulate in Chicago said they are in contact with the victim, Syed Mazahir Ali, and his wife in India. They promised to help Ali and his family as much as they can.
Ali told ABC7 that he can’t forget the attack. He said, “I came to America to follow my dreams and get my Master’s degree. The attack has really upset me.” The police are still investigating, but they haven’t arrested anyone yet.
Ali’s wife has asked External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to help her and their three young children go to the US.
A homeless drug addiction killed another Indian student, 25-year-old Vivek Saini, in Georgia not long before this attack occurred. Julian Faulkner, the attacker, struck Saini on the head about 50 times with a hammer. A camera captured the whole incident.
Last week, they found a 19-year-old student named Shreyas Reddy Beniger dead at the Linder School of Business in Ohio. The police don't believe anyone else was involved. This marked the third death of an Indian student in just one week.
Several days after Neel Acharya, a student at Purdue University in Indiana, went missing, they found him dead on January 30.
"Last month, they found 18-year-old Akul B Dhawan dead at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He exhibited signs of being excessively cold for an extended period."
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