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Excerpt from New York Post:
May 25, 2007 — Two Pakistani students at a Queens high school were arrested after cutting the hair of a Sikh student during a fight in a bathroom, police said.
Another student who provided the scissors but didn’t take part in the attack at Newton HS was also arrested, police said.
Nobody was hurt in the 12:20 p.m. incident, which took place in a basement bathroom near the lunchroom.
The 15-year-old victim, who was not identified, and the Pakistani teens began insulting each other’s mothers and the anger escalated, a police source said.
The Pakistanis allegedly grabbed the victim, removed his headdress and cut his hair.
Sikhs are required by their religion to wear long hair, and police are investigating whether this was a bias crime.
Umair Ahmed, 17, and the other Pakistani, a 15-year-old boy who was charged as a juvenile, face charges of unlawful imprisonment, coercion, menacing and aggravated harassment.
Cops said charges against the 16-year-old who provided the scissors are pending.
A Department of Education spokeswoman called the incident “horrifying” and said the school will offer counseling to the victim.
Student Rani Sukhritkaur, 18, who knows Ahmed, said it was “surprising to me that he’d be involved in something like this.”
May 25, 2007 — Two Pakistani students at a Queens high school were arrested after cutting the hair of a Sikh student during a fight in a bathroom, police said.
Another student who provided the scissors but didn’t take part in the attack at Newton HS was also arrested, police said.
Nobody was hurt in the 12:20 p.m. incident, which took place in a basement bathroom near the lunchroom.
The 15-year-old victim, who was not identified, and the Pakistani teens began insulting each other’s mothers and the anger escalated, a police source said.
The Pakistanis allegedly grabbed the victim, removed his headdress and cut his hair.
Sikhs are required by their religion to wear long hair, and police are investigating whether this was a bias crime.
Umair Ahmed, 17, and the other Pakistani, a 15-year-old boy who was charged as a juvenile, face charges of unlawful imprisonment, coercion, menacing and aggravated harassment.
Cops said charges against the 16-year-old who provided the scissors are pending.
A Department of Education spokeswoman called the incident “horrifying” and said the school will offer counseling to the victim.
Student Rani Sukhritkaur, 18, who knows Ahmed, said it was “surprising to me that he’d be involved in something like this.”
