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Students plan protest against AAPI hate after multiple assaults

On Tuesday, June 14 around 10pm, an Asian man was attacked on University Ave, close to the UW-Madison campus.

The victim is a PhD student at UW-Madison. In posts circulating online on social media, he wrote that he was attacked by five strangers on University Avenue, pulled to the ground, and punched in the face. He was left bleeding from his ear.  Another  person of Asian heritage was attacked Tuesday night, only a few blocks away and by attackers who fit a similar description.