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Scotland: protestors denounce racist beating |
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Militant/Caroline Bellamy
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EDINBURGH, Scotland-Hundreds of people, mostly Sikhs, marched in the Pilrig area of this city November 19 to protest a racist attack on a Sikh teenager five days earlier. "It was completely unprovoked," said Bruce Singh, 20, a second cousin of the 15-year-old victim whose name has not been released. "He was walking through the park and four youths beat him and cut his hair with a knife. They would have known his religion. This protest is showing how much the community is not happy with what happened." Sikhs do not cut their hair because of their religious beliefs. Demonstrators came from across the country to join the demonstration. Amandeep Singh, 23, was part of a 100-strong group from London. "As soon as we heard about it, we booked coaches. This shouldn't be happening-we shouldn't have to take persecution in today's civilization." Busloads also came from Birmingham and Glasgow.
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