The man who brutally assaulted an Indian-origin nurse in Florida said, "Indians are bad. I just beat the s*** out of an Indian doctor," reported a police officer while testifying in court.

According to Sgt Newcomb, Scantlebury fled from Palms West Hospital shirtless and with medical leads still attached to his chest, and he told her: "Indians are bad. I just beat the s*** out of an Indian doctor."

The Indian-origin nurse was beaten almost to death in a racist attack by a patient at Palms West Hospital. According to one local news report, "Scantlebury beat nurse Leelamma Lal so badly that 'essentially every bone' was broken in her face."

At the time of his arrest, according to the law enforcement at the scene, he was shirtless, shoeless, and covered in EKG leads.

The Hindu American Foundation also weighed in on the attack, posting on X: "A patient in a Florida hospital is in custody after critically injuring nurse, Leela Lal, taunting that 'Indians are bad' and 'I just beat the sh-- out of that Indian doctor.' Escalating anti-India rhetoric is endangering lives. It must stop."

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