Police hunt gunman after Sikh man shot and told: 'go back to your own country'

Police are hunting a man over the shooting
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Michael Howie6 March 2017

Police in Seattle were today hunting for an attacker who shot a Sikh man and told him to “go back to your own country”.

The gunman approached the 39-year-old victim, a US national of Indian origin, outside his house in the suburb of Kent on Friday evening.

The pair spoke briefly before the gunman shot the victim in the arm, police said.

The attacker was described as white, 6ft tall (182 cm) and stocky.

The attack has prompted fresh outcry in India following a deadly gun attack on two Indians in Kansas last month.

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