University: Student stabbed on bus because she is Asian

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University: Student stabbed on bus because she is AsianBLOOMINGTON, Indiana (AP) — A 56-year-old woman has been charged after an 18-year-old Indiana University student repeatedly was stabbed in the head on a public bus in an attack the school says was because the victim is Asian.The victim told investigators she was standing and waiting for the exit doors to open on a Bloomington Transit bus Wednesday afternoon when another passenger began striking her in the head, Bloomington police said in a release.Bus surveillance footage showed no interaction between the two women prior to the attack.Man acquitted in slaying gets 25 years in later slayingMan faces murder charge in case of missing Oklahoma girl, 4Prosecutors seek life term for man who abused college womenMistaken-identity gang killing case ends with 13 in prison“This week, Bloomington was sadly reminded that anti-Asian hate is real and can have painful impacts on individuals and our community,” Indiana University Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Multicultural Affairs James Wimbush said in a statement.Mayor John Hamilton called behavior like the bus attack “not acceptable” and said it will be “dealt with accordingly.”“We know when a racially motivated incident like this resonates throughout the community, it can leave us feeling less safe,” Hamilton said in a statement Saturday."

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