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Australia provides dossier over attacks on Indians

<br/>Australian government has handed over to India a police dossier of high-profile attacks on Indians over the past year, which reveals that nearly half of the attackers were juveniles.<br/><br/>The dossier, prepared by Victoria Police, was handed over in recent weeks, after Foreign minister Stephen Smith telephoned his Indian counterpart S M Krishna on 11th of this month to express his condolences over the murder of Indian student Nitin Garg in Yarraville.<br/><br/>The Age newspaper reported that Australian Government initially resisted providing more information to Indians as it deemed racial appearance to be a limited indicator of ethnicity because it is only based on a subjective police assessment.<br/><br/>It claimed people described as Indians could originate from countries such as Mauritius and Fiji. The dossier shows that of the 18 cases, two people were run over by a train and there was no foul play.<br/><br/>While three cases remained unsolved, 33 people have been arrested over the remaining 13 cases. <br/>

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