Violence Unacceptable: US on attacks against Indian students

In response to recent assaults on Indian students in the US, the White House declared that violence against anyone on the basis of their ethnicity, gender, or any other characteristic is unacceptable in the US and that there is no justification for it.

John Kirby, the National Security Council's Coordinator for Strategic Communications, said during a press briefing on Thursday (local time) that US President Joe Biden and his administration have been making a lot of effort to try to thwart and disrupt these kinds of attacks.

Responding to a question about recent attacks on Indian students and concerns among parents to send their children to the US, he said, "There's no excuse for violence, certainly based on race or gender or religion or any other factor. That's just unacceptable here in the United States and the President and his administration has been working very, very hard to make sure we're doing everything we can to work with state and local authorities to try to thwart and disrupt those kinds of attacks and make it clear to anybody who might consider them that they'll be held properly accountable."

#WATCH | On attacks on Indian students, NSC Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby says, "There is no excuse for violence, certainly based on race or gender or religion or any other factor. That's just unacceptable here in the United States. And the President, his… pic.twitter.com/du7RY2c3pL

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The statement from United States has come amid a sudden rise in attacks and deaths of Indians and Indian-Americans in the United States.

It is to be noted that this year, in 2024 alone, six deaths of Indian people have been reported. Last death came into light on February 8 of Shreyas Reddy Beniger, a student at Linder School of Business in Ohio. Vivek Taneja, Syed Mazahir Ali, Neel Acharya, Vivek Saini are among others victims. 

The terrible deaths of two students in separate situations severely troubled Indian American community leader Ajay Jain Bhutoria, who emphasized the urgent need for stronger safety measures for individuals pursuing education in the US.

He insisted that college administration and local law enforcement needed to act quickly to resolve these issues.