Student Murder
India warns Australia on ties
People take part in a candle lit vigil in the western suburbs of Melbourne yesterday where Indian student Nitin Garg was fatally stabbed on January 2. Photo: AFP
Australia yesterday "unreservedly" condemned the murder of an Indian national as New Delhi angrily slammed the attack and warned it could hurt bilateral ties. Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard stressed that Australia welcomed foreign students after accounting graduate Nitin Garg, 21, was stabbed by unknown attackers Saturday night before collapsing in the Melbourne burger restaurant where he worked. Indian students have been hit by hundreds of alleged race attacks, prompting street protests last year and damaging Australia's lucrative international education industry.
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