Indian student murdered by homeless man in US after offering shelter for days

PTC Web Desk: A 25-year-old Indian-origin man pursuing a Master's in the US, identified as Vivek Saini, was tragically killed by a homeless man, Julian Faulkner, inside a store in Lithonia, Georgia. The distressing incident, captured on camera, shows Faulkner repeatedly striking Saini with a hammer. The victim, employed part-time as a clerk in the store, had requested Faulkner to leave on January 16, prompting the attack.

The store's employees revealed to the police that they had been providing shelter to homeless man Julian Faulkner for nearly two days, offering him chips, a coke, water, and a jacket due to the cold weather. Despite Faulkner's previous presence, they did not ask him to leave earlier. However, when Saini insisted, Faulkner viciously attacked him with the hammer as he left for home, hitting him approximately 50 times on the head.Upon police arrival, Faulkner was found standing over Vivek Saini's body with the murder weapon. Saini was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Vivek Saini had pursued a Bachelor's in Computer Science from Chandigarh University before going to the US two years ago for a Master's in Business Administration at Alabama University. Described as a brilliant student seeking a decent job to support his family, Saini had been working at the store.

According to Vivek Saini's cousin Simran, Faulkner, identified as the assailant, was a "drug addict and a psycho." The family, devastated by Vivek's brutal death, shared that he had been giving cigarettes to Faulkner, but on the fateful day, he refused, leading to the tragic turn of events.

Vivek Saini's body has been repatriated to India, and his last rites have been completed. The grieving family, particularly his parents, Gurjeet Singh and Lalita Saini, are struggling to cope with the profound loss and are not currently able to discuss the details of the tragic incident.

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