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By attacking him they show themselves no more human and no more intelligent than the terrorists they claim to hate :roll:
The victim is at Bellevue Hospital where he is recovering. He tells us the doctors here have informed him that he will require reconstructive facial surgery.
"They were saying you Muslim terrorist..get out of the country," Shahid Amber said.
Those are the words that 24-year-old Shahid Amber says preceded a violent attack by a mob of teenagers -- an attack prosecutors are now calling a hate crime.
"One of them spit in my face and then when I wipe the spit off my face, I opened my eyes and saw brass knuckles," he said.
His mother says like millions of other immigrants they came to this country looking for a better life. But on this night as she clutches her son's blood stained coat, after this violent attack, the only thing she's hoping for now is justice for her son.
"No more this country safe for Muslims ...no more," she said.
Those responsible will face hate crime charges. The Brooklyn DA's office tells us there have already been five arrests and say there may be more ahead.
By attacking him they show themselves no more human and no more intelligent than the terrorists they claim to hate :roll: