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“Violence not acceptable” says John Kirby on growing attacks on Indian students in US
John Kirby addressed the rising violence against Indian students studying in the United States in a recent press briefing
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John Kirby, the NSC Strategic Communications Coordinator of the United States, addressed a press briefing about the growing concerns of attacks on Indian students / Wikipedia
Amid growing concern of the safety of Indian students in the United States, the country's National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications has said that violence based on any factor, including race, gender, or religion were unacceptable in the United States.
Kirby made the remarks while responding to a question on the recent cases of violent attacks on Indian students being reported from United States and the growing concerns among Indian parents about sending their children to the US to pursue higher education.
“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,” Kirby said during a press briefing held at the White House.
“The President and this 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,” he added on the matter.
Most recently an Indian student from Hyderabad, Syed Mazahir Ali, was brutally attacked and mobbed in Chicago. Prior to that, 25-year-old student, Vivek Saini from Haryana, was hammered to death in Georgia's Lithonia by a homeless man.
Another student, Neel Acharya, was discovered deceased after being missing for days. Vivek Saini, Sameer Kamath and others only add on to the growing list.
Notably, Indian students in the United States increased by 35 percent and resulted in an all-time high of 268,923 students in academic year 2022-23 according to a report by Open Doors. Indian students constitute more than 25 percent of the over one million foreign students studying in the United States.
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