A 23-year-old student from the east African country of Burundi is lying in coma in a private hospital in Punjab since April after nearly beaten to death by local youths in Jalandhar.

Yannick Nihangaz

Surging street violence against African migrants, including a rampage that an Israeli broadcaster dubbed a ‘pogrom’, drew empathy for the rioters from the interior minister on Thursday.

Waving Israel