Age: 21



An Indian youth was on Sunday stabbed to death by unidentified assailants here, becoming the first victim to succumb to injuries amid a string of racial attacks on the community members in Australia.



Nitin Garg, 21, who migrated from Jagraon in Punjab and had permanent residency in Australia, was stabbed in the abdomen in a park while on his way to a restaurant, where he worked part-time. He staggered into the restaurant at about 10 pm local time on Saturday and pleaded for help before collapsing. Garg, who on a previous occasion also was beaten up by a group of men at the Newport Railway Station, was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital, where he later died.

Varinder Kumar, the victim’s uncle, said, “Nitin had gone to Australia for higher education some three years ago. He would study by day and work part-time in a food chain called Hungry Jack’s.”