Soon after former United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton urged United States President Donald Trump to step up and speak against the rise of hate crimes in the country, the White House Press Secretary and Communications Director for Trump, Sean Spicer released a statement saying that the President condemned hateful acts.
“President continues to condemn any other form of anti-Semitic and hateful acts in the strongest terms,” he said. Adding that the country protects the rights of citizens who has to right to worship, Sean said that no one should be afraid of practising their own religion.
“No one in America should feel afraid to follow the religion of their choosing freely. From our country’s founding, we’ve been dedicated to protecting freedom of our citizens’ rights to worship,” he said.
The response came soon after Hillary Clinton affirmed, “With threats and hate crimes on rise, we shouldn’t have to tell Pres Trump to do his part. He must step up & speak out.” Meanwhile, the mortal remains of Srinivas Kuchibhotla have been brought to India and the last rites will take place today in Hyderabad.
Indian Embassy in US issued a demarche to State Department on killing of an Indian engineer, calling for a speedy probe:US State Dep sources pic.twitter.com/cYjtwFUPMs
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Engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla’s mortal remains brought to his residence in Hyderabad; he was shot dead in #Kansas (US) pic.twitter.com/M6RqLBP3Xl
— ANI (@ANI_news) February 27, 2017
Yesterday, numerous people gathered Kansas City and conducted a peaceful candle march and prayer vigil to celebrate his life. This march was also attended by the friends of Srinivas while the other Indian who sustained injuries, Alok Madasani, in that attack was also present on his crutches. The priests from various religions conducted the prayer at the Hindu Temple in the city.
People who were gathered carried Kuchibhotla’s pictures, banners while they also chanted,”We want peace”; “We love peace”; “Let us not leave our children”; “Unity is part of community, together we stand, divided we fall”.
32-year-old, Srinivas Kuchibhotla, an engineer hailing from India, working at the Garmin headquarters in Olathe, was killed in the shooting, another Indian and his colleague Alok Madasani was critically injured and is battling for life at a local hospital. A man identified as Ian Grillot was also injured in the shooting.
