Sikh truck driver stabbed 17 times at US rest stop
A Sikh truck driver was stabbed 17 times at a highway rest stop in the US state of Wyoming before a family who heard the attack helped authorities track down the alleged assailant. The 28-year-old driver, who has asked to be identified only by his surname Singh, was attacked early on Sunday after stopping at the Bitter Creek Rest Area along Interstate 80 while travelling towards Pennsylvania.…
A 28-year-old Sikh truck driver named Singh was brutally attacked by a 45-year-old man named Andrew Kris Bzdak at a highway rest stop in Wyoming, United States. The attack occurred early Sunday morning at the Bitter Creek Rest Area along Interstate 80 while Singh was traveling towards Pennsylvania. Bzdak entered the restroom after Singh, began beating him, and then stabbed him 17 times, including in his neck and chest.
Singh managed to escape the restroom, and a family at the rest area heard the commotion and followed Bzdak's truck to help Singh. Bzdak was arrested without incident about 113km away from the rest area. Singh has been hospitalized and remains in critical condition. No motive has been established for the attack, and authorities have not linked the incident to Singh's ethnicity or religion.
The incident has raised concerns among Sikh truck drivers in the US about safety on the roads. The controversy surrounding the attack began days earlier when the US Department of Homeland Security posted a controversial image featuring a Sikh man and the phrase "Get off our roads, you don't know how to drive Mr. Singh," which was removed following criticism from politicians and Sikh and Indian-American groups.
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