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Saudi Student Killed in Wisconsin
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Saudi student is beaten, killed in Wisconsin
MENOMONIE, Wis — A University of Wisconsin-Stout student from Saudi Arabia died one day after being assaulted on a street in downtown Menomonie, Wis., about 70 miles east of Minneapolis, police and school officials said.
Hussain Saeed Alnahdi, 24, was a junior majoring in business administration who enrolled in 2015 at UW-Stout, according to a statement from the university, whose campus is in Menomonie.
An assailant described only as a white male about 6 feet tall assaulted Alnahdi shortly after 2 a.m. CT on Halloween near a pizza restaurant, according to Menomonie police. Officers found Alnahdi unconscious and bleeding from his mouth and nose before he was hospitalized and died from his injuries Monday.
Linda Bark, who taught English as a second language to Alnahdi at Stout, said he was "very popular, very well liked."
"He was eager to learn, an avid student," she said. "He wanted to be an actuary. He had goals."
About 150 of the 9,300 students at UW-Stout are from Saudi Arabia, the (Eau Claire, Wis.) Leader-Telegram reported in January. That's about a third of the university's international students.
"It's a strong community, and he felt very safe and welcome here," Bark said, mentioning that Alnahdi lived off campus with students from Wisconsin and elsewhere in the Midwest. "He loved people and making friends."
A makeshift memorial has sprung up outside the Topper's pizza where the injured Alnahdi was found.
"It's a bit overwhelming," Bark said. "I was hoping I could stand here in silence and remember him."
She left a plastic honey bee at the memorial because Alsahldi's father sells honey in Saudi Arabia and he was very proud of that, she said.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...ries/93101338/
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Rest in peace, Hussain.
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Rip Hussain
