University: Student stabbed on bus because she is Asian.
Davis has been charged after an 18-year-old Indiana University student repeatedly was stabbed in the head on a public bus in an attack the school says was because the victim is Asian.
BLOOMINGTON, Indiana (AP) — A 56-year-old woman has been charged after an 18-year-old Indiana University student repeatedly was stabbed in the head on a public bus in an attack the school says was because the victim is Asian.
A witness who also was riding the bus followed the woman’s attacker and contacted police, who later arrested Billie R. Davis of Bloomington.
Mayor John Hamilton called behavior like the bus attack “not acceptable” and said it will be “dealt with accordingly.”.
In recent years, Asian Americans have increasingly been the target of racially motivated harassment and assaults , especially after the start of the coronavirus pandemic. »
