Sikh running for city council racially targeted in Australia

Melbourne, October 23 

A Sikh running for the city council in Australia has been racially targeted by a man in a truck shouting racial slurs at a life-sized cut-out made from one of his election placards, according to a media report.

Sunny Singh, a Port Augusta City Council nominee, said a social media video targeting his race is the first time he has experienced racism in the local community, ABC news reported. He was attacked in a video posted to a national trucking Facebook page. The video shows a man in a truck directing racial slurs at a life-sized cut-out made from one of Singh's election placards, which is eventually run over by the truck, the report said. — PTI