Masked Assailants Stab Muslim Youth To Death in Karnataka
A day after the murder of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) youth leader in Karnataka state, 24-year-old Muslim youth Muhammed Fazil was chased, brutally beaten, and stabbed to death near a clothing store by four masked assailants.
CCTV footage of the attack shows four masked men beating Fazil with a stick and stabbing him even after he collapsed.
Muslim groups have alleged that members of the militant Hindu supremacist group Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) carried out the brutal attack against an innocent Muslim as “revenge” for the BJP leader’s death. BJP is the political affiliate of RSS. Rishi Kumar Swami, a Hindu supremacist leader, went as far as to claim that he would be “happy” if Hindus had killed Fazil.
“If that was (murder of Fazil in Mangalore) done by our people then I’m happy, and 9 heads will be pending. There must be 10 heads against 1 head,” he said. “If police cannot encounter the accused, then give us the guns, we will show you how it’s done.”
However, while Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP member Basavaraj Bommai has gone out of his way to offer condolences and monetary compensation to Nettaru’s family, he has made no such effort towards Fazil’s family, highlighting normalized Hindu supremacy in India.
CCTV footage of the attack shows four masked men beating Fazil with a stick and stabbing him even after he collapsed.
Muslim groups have alleged that members of the militant Hindu supremacist group Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) carried out the brutal attack against an innocent Muslim as “revenge” for the BJP leader’s death. BJP is the political affiliate of RSS. Rishi Kumar Swami, a Hindu supremacist leader, went as far as to claim that he would be “happy” if Hindus had killed Fazil.
“If that was (murder of Fazil in Mangalore) done by our people then I’m happy, and 9 heads will be pending. There must be 10 heads against 1 head,” he said. “If police cannot encounter the accused, then give us the guns, we will show you how it’s done.”
However, while Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP member Basavaraj Bommai has gone out of his way to offer condolences and monetary compensation to Nettaru’s family, he has made no such effort towards Fazil’s family, highlighting normalized Hindu supremacy in India.
