No evidence Indian's death racially motivated: Australia

The death of 21-year-old Nitin Garg, who was stabbed fatally in the abdomen as he walked to work at a hamburger restaurant on Saturday night, follows a string of crimes against Indian nationals in Australia.

The murder has received wide press coverage in India, with one newspaper describing Garg's death as proof "that the issue of racist attacks on the Indian community needs to be addressed by the Australian authorities."

But Australia's Acting Foreign Minister said while the murder was an emotional issue, there was nothing to suggest the killing was a race attack.

"It is an unfortunate -- very unfortunate -- circumstance, but the police have continued to reaffirm the fact that there is no evidence that this is a racially based attack," Simon Crean told reporters.