An Indian student in the US state of Indiana is battling for life after a 24-year-old man stabbed him at a public gym thinking that the victim was going to \u201cassassinate\u201d him, a media report said. Jordan Andrade was arrested after he drove a knife into Varun\u2019s head at Planet Fitness Club\u2019s massage room in the Valparaiso city of Indiana on Sunday morning, The Times of Northwest Indiana reported. Andrade told Valparaiso Police that \u201csomeone\u201d told him that Varun was \u201ccreepy\u201d and \u201cthreatening\u201d and feared that he would \u201cassassinate him\u201d.<\/p>\n
Varun was taken to a Fort Wayne hospital due to the severity of his injury and has been reportedly given a zero to five per cent chance of survival as the knife was driven into his temple and ultimately the brain stem. Andrade is lodged at the Porter County Jail and has been charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery. Police said they walked into the gym\u2019s massage chair room to find a large amount of blood on one of two chairs and a folding knife on the counter that reportedly belonged to Andrade. They found Varun seated in a massage chair with a head injury.<\/p>\n
According to a charging document, Andrade said he made sure to react the \u201cright way\u201d after determining that Varun posed a threat to him. \u201cAndrade then described (the man) as a threat to him so he \u2018just reacted\u2019,\u201d police said. Andrade said Varun never got out of his chair and did not instigate any contact, \u201cstating that the only physical contact was (the man) attempting to push Andrade off him after Andrade started attacking\u201d him, police said. Other gym goers described Varun as someone who \u201cgenerally kept to himself, was quiet and reserved\u201d. Andrade is scheduled to make an initial appearance on the charges Wednesday afternoon before Porter Superior Court Judge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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