Thirty-four "persons of interest" have been
identified in an alleged weekend assault on three black college students
in Albany, N.Y., that officials have described as a racially motivated.
In an email to students and faculty on Monday,
State University of New York at Albany Police Chief J. Frank Wiley said
that 16 of those people had already been interviewed about the incident,
which took place on a city bus early Saturday morning on the school's
campus.
The three female students reported being
"harassed and assaulted" by a group of 10 to 12 white men and women,
University President Robert J. Jones said in a statement Saturday,
adding that "racial slurs were used by the perpetrators.
One of the victims was transported to a local hospital, NBC affiliate WNYT reported. Her injuries were not identified.
"I am deeply concerned, saddened and angry about
this incident," Jones said. "There is no place in the UAlbany community
for violence, no place for racial intolerance and no place for gender
violence."
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Source: NBC News
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