By Daily Mail Reporter, Reuters Reporter and Associated Press PUBLISHED: 12:39 EST, 18 April 2013 | UPDATED: 12:39 EST, 18 April 2013 A Bangladeshi man has claimed he was beaten at a New York City Applebee's in retaliation for the Boston Marathon bombings - because of the color of his skin. Abdullah Faruque, 30, says that he was heading out of the restaurant to smoke a cigarette when he noticed a group of Hispanic men who had been at the bar followed him out. They then confronted him. Attack: Abdullah Faruque claims he was beaten outside this Applebee's location in the Bronx after a group of customers asked him if her was 'Arab'
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Abdullah Faruque, 30, claims he was nearly beaten unconscious by a group of Hispanic males at a Bronx, New York Applebee's
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He says he didn't know anything about the Boston bombings because he had 'a busy day'
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Mr Faruque said that when he tried to go back inside Applebee's, one of the men said, 'Yeah, he's a f***ing @placeholder,' and they attacked, beating him about the head and body.
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In @placeholder, authorities have scoured through video footage and photos of the area near the finish line to establish suspects.