Indian students attacked outside pub

17 July 2009 | 09:10:46 AM | Source: SBS staff and agencies

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Two Indian students have been injured in a fight outside a hotel in Wollongong, the NSW south coast. (Google Maps Street view)

Two Indian students have been injured in a fight outside a hotel in Wollongong on the NSW south coast.

Police Inspector Brian Wyyer said two men suffered minor injuries in the melee outside the Illawarra Hotel on Keira Street early in the morning.

Local police reveal they received a call about the attack at approximately 12:30 AEDT, but found nothing when they arrived at the scene.

"When the police arrived they couldn't locate anyone there," Inspector Wyver told Fairfax radio.

"They later on found that two people had been taken to Wollongong Hospital by a friend.

"They attended the hospital and there appears there has been some sort of fight outside the hotel.

"They didn't want any action in relation to that fight, they weren't badly injured so police have taken a report."

Police say the victims don't want to press charges.

RAAF site hacked


The news comes after it was revealed an Indian hacker broke into the royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) website and defaced it with threatening messages.

The hacker, identifying himself as Atul Dwivedi, warned the Australian government to halt racist attacks against Indian students.

He said that unless the government complies, he'll pawn all their cyber properties.

A defence spokesman's confirmed the hack took place earlier in the week, forcing it to take the entire RAAF website offline for eight hours.

Earlier this year, a barrage of attacks on Indian students in both Sydney and Melbourne led to national and international headlines over the safety and wellbeing of foreign students studying in Australia.

The New South Wales and Federal Governments have both committed to developing a strategy to better protect foreign students.
 

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