Slain Indian engineer wife seeks answer on rising hate crimes from US Govt
“I have a question in my mind: Do we belong?” said Sunayana Dumala at a press conference on Friday, The Kansas City Star reported.
Addressing a press conference at the headquarters of Garmin, where Kuchibhotla worked as an aviation systems engineer, Dumla said she expressed concern about immigrants being targeted in America, but her husband told her not to worry.
"We always wondered how safe it was to stay in the United States of America, but he always assured me that only good things happen to good people," she said, adding "He did not deserve a death like this."
And we always wondered, how safe?”
“I need an answer from the government. ...What are they going to do to stop this hate crime?”
Kuchibhotla, 32, was killed and his colleague Alok Madasani wounded in Austin's Bar and Grill in Olathe, Kansas on Wednesday night when an American opened fire on them after yelling, "get out of our country."
Police said it was a "hate crime."
Authorities on Thursday charged Adam W. Purinton, 51, with first-degree murder in Kuchibhotla’s death.
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