Fresno man attacked Sikh |
One of two men accused of brutally attacking an elderly Sikh Indian American last December in Fresno, Calif., boasted to his friends about the incident afterwards, testified a witness at a preliminary hearing May 24. Wilson and Mendoza got out of their Dodge Challenger and began repeatedly hitting Amrik Singh Bal, who was waiting for a ride to work. Video captured at the scene shows the two men running over Bal with their car after the beating. Bal, who was a farmworker, was taken to the Community Medical Regional Center in Fresno, and treated for a broken collar bone. He also received several sutures on his head and neck.Wilson – who is free on $35,000 bail – faces up to eight years in prison. He has pleaded not guilty. However, Maldonado testified that Mendoza told him that he had run over “a Hindu.” Wilson described the victim as ISIS and said it was Wilson’s idea to get him, Maldonado said.Both defendants told Maldonado that they punched Bal several times in the face before running over him with the car.
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