“Nothing like this has ever happened to me before,” said Sarker Haque, his face still black and blue from the beating. “I’ve lived here all these years and never, in this community? Never have I ever experienced anything like this.” Haque, originally from Bangladesh, has owned the Fatima grocery store in Astoria, Queens, one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the United States, for 16 years. Last week media reported a man came into his shop and started attacking him, striking his head and face while shouting “I kill Muslims.” Haque was badly injured and needed treatment in a hospital. Police are investigating the incident as a hate...
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