18-year-old Asian Student In US Stabbed 7 Times In Skull In Racist Attack By Local Woman
A woman has been charged with attempted murder after stabbing a student several times in the head while on a bus in a suspected racist attack.?The 18-year-old Indiana University student is said to have been attacked because the victim is Asian, according to New York Post.
"One less person to blow up our country"? ?
Billie Davis, 56, is in custody following the attack in Bloomington, Indiana, last week, which was reported to police by shocked passengers who watched her begin to strike the teenager.?It was not until the teenager was taken to hospital that she was found to have suffered stab wounds to the head.
Billie told cops that she targeted the student for her race. According to court documents obtained by WRTV, the woman told police that the 18-year-old student "would be one less person to blow up our country."
What victim told cops????
The victim told investigators she was standing and waiting for the exit doors to open on a bus in the town of Bloomington on Wednesday afternoon when another passenger began striking her in the head, police said in a press release.
The attack appeared unprovoked, as video from inside the bus showed Davis and the Asian victim, who studies at Indiana University, had no prior interaction.Surveillance footage shows her stabbing the woman seven times as she stood waiting for the exit doors to open, according to local media.
University's statement
In a statement, the university's vice president said the attack was a reminder that "anti-Asian hate is real"."No one should face harassment or violence due to their background, ethnicity, or heritage," he added.
The court has charged her with attempted murder and aggravated battery, according to court records.
In recent years, Asian-Americans have increasingly been the target of racist assaults, especially since the coronavirus pandemic.
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