A 70-year-old Sikh man was attacked with a golf club in North Hollywood, leaving him critically injured. The victim reportedly suffered from broken facial bones and bleeding in the brain. According to his brother, he has undergone three surgeries. The Sikh community in Los Angeles condemned the attack and also sought increased police protection in the area.
A video taken after the attack shows Singh sitting on the pavement in a pool of his own blood, with the golf club used to attack him lying at his feet.
Harpal Singh was attacked by an unidentified suspect while he was taking his daily walk near a Gurdwara in Los Angeles last Monday.
His brother, Gurdial Singh Randhawa, said Singh was totally unconscious. “He is totally unconscious; they keep him under sedation,” Randhawa was quoted as saying by Fox 11 Los Angeles.
So far, no arrest has been made in the case, and investigators say they are not looking into the attack as a hate crime.
Witnesses reportedly told Los Angeles Police Department officers that the suspect was a man in his 50s. Police said the suspect is a man who was riding a bike at the time of the attack.