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Here is another story -- except this one has a happier ending -- but it still speaks to the difficulty people of Arab, Middle Easter and South Asian descent currently face in the US.
Algerian-American assaulted outside restaurant, apparently because of his North African ancestry
Muslims targeted, group charges
Algerian-American assaulted outside restaurant, apparently because of his North African ancestryMuslims targeted, group charges
An Algerian-American from Cambridge was attacked outside a Back Bay restaurant Saturday night, say police and a Muslim advocacy group, the latest of several assaults on Muslims since the Boston Marathon bombings three weeks ago.
The assailants allegedly called the 23-year-old college student, Amine Hadjeres, a “terrorist” and told him he looked like Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the suspects accused of planting bombs at the Marathon finish line on April 15, who was later killed while trying to elude police.
The victim, a US citizen, said he was attacked by two tipsy men outside the Cafeteria Boston restaurant on Newbury Street in Boston about 10 p.m. Saturday night after he left to buy a pack of cigarettes.
But he successfully fought off both men and walked back into the restaurant, where he was greeted with applause.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2013/05/06/algerian-american-assaulted-outside-restaurant-apparently-because-his-north-african-ancestry/ylSpO4qfaAnZ9vToYbivSJ/story.html