'This President has blood on his hands': Anger at Indian's shooting in Kansas

February 25, 2017 11:50

An Indian IT engineer employed with a US company in Kansas was fatally shot and a colleague, also from India, was wounded by a white man who allegedly thought they were from the Middle East and was heard telling them to "get out of my country" at the time of the shooting.

The Hindu American Foundation, an advocacy group, said in a statement, "The murder of Kuchibhotla is the first reported bias-motivated fatality in the US after the bitter presidential election."

The Indian American community reacted with a mix of outrage and sadness. Narasimhan said, "This President now has blood on his hands. He has incited and created the environment where hate crimes are emboldened. All those of colour have something to fear now for our children and theirs. I pray we do not have a hot summer in the US as we have no moral leadership left capable of quelling violence if it erupts."

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