An Ohio man is charged with a hate crime, accused of attacking an Asian-American student and blaming him for Covid-19

A Cincinnati man has been charged with a federal hate crime on suspicion of assaulting an Asian-American college student because of his race in 2021 — an attack in which the defendant allegedly blamed the student for Covid-19 and threatened to kill him, authorities said.

​A Cincinnati man has been charged with a federal hate crime on suspicion of assaulting an Asian-American college student because of his race in 2021 — an attack in which the defendant allegedly blamed the student for Covid-19 and threatened to kill him, authorities said.