Two Asian sisters were spat on and threatened in a coronavirus related attack in Marrickville, Australia. Sophie Do posted the videos of the incident on her Facebook page. She said that while they were out around 3 pm, two other girls started to shout “obscenities about our race and the Coronavirus.” The sisters wanted to stand up for themselves so they said: “excuse me, what did you say, say it again!” That’s when one of the other girls threatened them with a knife and the other girl spat on her sister’s face, according to Sophie.

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Sophie Do and her sister went to the doctor after the incident to get her sister’s eye treated. Then they went to the police to file a report. Do posted the videos online so they could get help in identifying the assailants. Which seemed to have worked because Do said that they were able to identify the girls and have sent the information along to the police.

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Do was surprised by the incident even though she has seen videos of Asians being attacked around the world because of the coronavirus.

“As you know, hate crimes against Asians have increased and I’ve seen disgusting videos from all around the world,” Do wrote. “I never thought I’d be in one. This is what racism and xenophobia can do. I didn’t get it half as bad as my sister. I only wanted to protect her.”

UPDATE – 4/2/2020 – According to 9 News, Police arrested a 17-year-old girl and charged her with “three counts of common assault, using offensive language and two counts of attempting to stalk/intimidate.” She was released on conditional bail and is set to appear in Children’s Court on May 1.

One of the sisters, Rosa Do, told 9 News, that the spit went straight into her left eye. “She had pretty good aim – it hit me like that, straight in my left eye. It got into my hair, my cheek, everything. I was flabbergasted when it happened.”

Spitting and coughing attacks have been on the rise in Australia. The police are looking to increase the penalty of the crime to $5000.