April 20, 2011 10:36 AM

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Sixteen year old boy today pleaded guilty in court to killing Indian student Nitin Garg in Australia

In Australia, a 16-year-old boy today pleaded guilty in court to killing Indian student Nitin Garg. The teenager, whose identity has not been revealed, appeared in the Victoria Supreme Court in Melbourne, where he pleaded guilty to one count of murder and one count of attempted armed robbery in the killing of Garg. 21 year old Garg, who migrated from Punjab, was fatally stabbed in the abdomen by assailants in Cruickshank Park in Melbourne's Yarraville while on his way to work in January last year. The teenager's friend was sentenced to 18 months probation last year after agreeing to testify against the murderer in a trial and pleading guilty to accessory to murder. The friend's plea hearing was told that he had recorded the murderer talking about the crime. The murder, which followed a series of attacks on Indians, had made international headlines and provoked fear among Indian students in Australia.

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