University: Student Stabbed on Bus Because She Is Asian

University: Student Stabbed on Bus Because She Is Asian
Billie Davis. Bloomington Police Department via AP
The Associated Press
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BLOOMINGTON, Indiana—A 56-year-old woman has been charged after an 18-year-old Indiana University student repeatedly was stabbed in the head on a public bus in an attack the school says was because the victim is Asian.

The victim told investigators she was standing and waiting for the exit doors to open on a Bloomington Transit bus Wednesday afternoon when another passenger began striking her in the head, Bloomington police said in a release.