Sikh man attacked with hammer by hate-fuelled Black assailant in US

Sumit Ahluwalia, 32, of Astoria has said his assailant was fuelled by racial hatred.

A Sikh man was attacked with a hammer by a Black assailant who shouted at him "I don't like you" and "You’re not the same skin" at a hotel in Brooklyn here, prompting a prominent New-York based advocacy group to call on investigators to examine if the assault was a hate crime incident. Sumit Ahluwalia says the man spit in his face and said he didn’t like him because of the color of his skin before hitting him in the head with a hammer #Sikh #indian @CBSNewYork #nyc #Brooklyn @NYCMayor @NYPDnews pic.twitter.com/63vyFchddl Sumit Ahluwalia, 32, of Astoria has said his assailant was fuelled by racial hatred, according to a report on New York Daily News website. Ahluwalia said the man, a Black, assaulted him on April 26 at his workplace, the Quality Inn in Brownsville. He said the man came into the lobby of the hotel at around 8 am and started shouting while the front desk lady asked him if he needed help.