In the U.S. city of Los Angeles, Olympic gymnast and gold medalist Sunisa Lee was pepper-sprayed in an anti-Asian attack.
Los Angeles, November 13 (RHC)-- In the U.S. city of Los Angeles, Olympic gymnast and gold medalist Sunisa Lee was pepper-sprayed in an anti-Asian attack.
Lee says the attack took place as she and a group of friends, also of Asian descent, were waiting for an Uber, when passengers in another car shouted racist slurs at them and one person pepper-sprayed Lee on the arm.
Attacks on Asian Americans skyrocketed since the start of the pandemic, with nearly 5,000 incidents reported in the first half of this year.
Eighteen-year-old Lee is the first-ever Hmong American to both participate in the Olympics and win a medal.
