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An Indian man told police he was assaulted outside his workplace Friday because the attacker thought he belonged to the Islamic State.

Suthahar Subburaj, 30, told police he was attacked at about 10:45 p.m. when he was taking out the trash for work. He is a chef at Kurry Xpress, near 144th Street and West Center Road.

A man wearing a black hoodie punched Subburaj in the face and kicked him in the leg. The man told him, “ISIS (expletive), get out of my country,” according to a police report, which used an acronym for the Islamic State.

The man fled and a coworker called 911.

Subburaj said he was punched multiple times in his forehead, face and mouth.

The bone above his teeth may have been fractured.

Subburaj has lived in Omaha for about two years but doesn’t have any family in the United States. He said he hopes his attacker is punished but also is taught about different religions and races.

“His motivation and why he beat me, I don’t have an answer for that,” Subburaj said. He’s Hindu, he said, not Muslim.

The police report characterized the incident as a hate crime against a religion. It did not list anyone as a suspect.