Owaisi Condemns Stabbing Of Hyderabad Man In US Over His Religion

"It is very sad, condemnable," Owaisi said, adding that people belonging to minority communities are being targeted in trains and on roads.

Update: 2026-07-16 12:16 GMT
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi | Image Source: X , Inset: Syed Sohailuddin | Image Source: GoFundMe Page

Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday condemned the alleged stabbing of an Indian -origin man from Hyderabad in the US because of his religion.

Syed Sohailuddin (37), a worker in the Valley City Mall in West Valley City, Utah, was allegedly stabbed on Monday afternoon by Peter Michael Larsen, who asked the victim what his religion was, and the suspect asked him for a bottle of water. As Sohailuddin turned around, Larsen started attacking him unprovoked.

"It is very sad, condemnable," Owaisi said, adding that people belonging to minority communities are being targeted in trains and on roads.
Sohailuddin was taken to a hospital in a critical condition. A crowdfunding page has been set up to fund his medical bills, and more than $2,35,000 has already been raised. He has undergone multiple surgeries, according to local reports.

Majlis Bachao Tahreek Spokesperson Amjed Ullah Khan posted videos with Sohailuddin’s sister-in-law, urging intervention by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and the Indian embassy in the US. The couple has two children.

He sought that the matter be taken up with the U.S. authorities and that the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi and the U.S. Consulate General in Hyderabad and requested for the issuance of emergency humanitarian visas to the close family members of Syed Sohailuddin and his wife Amreen Firdouse, so that they can travel to the United States and be with the victim.

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