( CNN ) -- A weekend killing in Australia has prompted the Indian government to issue an advisory for its college students studying in that country . `` While the majority of Indian students studying in Australia , especially those enrolled in universities and reputable institutions , have a positive experience of living and studying in Australia , the number of such incidents of assault as well as of robbery has been on the rise in recent months , which has affected not only Indian students but also members of the larger Indian community in Australia , '' said a statement from India 's Ministry of External Affairs . Nitin Garg , 21 , was stabbed to death Saturday night in Melbourne as he walked to work from a train station through a public park . Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard dismissed the notion that Australia is a unsafe for international students . `` Australia is a very safe country . By world standards , we have a very low homicide rate , '' Gillard said Wednesday . `` In big cities around the world , we do see acts of violence from time to time ; that happens in Melbourne , it happens in Mumbai , it happens in New York , it happens in London . '' Despite the assurances from the Australian government , India has issued a list of basic precautions its students should take while studying on the continent : . • Do not travel alone late ; . • When traveling alone , make sure that you have checked out your route carefully and that you keep to well-lighted , populated areas ; . • Make sure that someone knows where you are going and when you are expected to return ; . • Do n't carry too much cash . Do not make it obvious that you 're carrying expensive items , such as iPods or laptops . Australia has seemed increasingly less safe for Indian students over the past year . During a one-month period over the summer , at least 10 Indian students were attacked . The most severe case left an Indian student in a coma ; another student was stabbed in the stomach . More than a dozen arrests were made . Australian authorities said at the time that they did n't think the attacks and robberies were racially motivated but were instead crimes of opportunity against soft targets : students who typically travel alone at night on public transportation . But hundreds of Indian students saw it differently . During the summer , they reacted with protests in at least three Australian cities . Police said at one point that Indian students had decided to take the law in their own hands and retaliate , which was condemned in India and Australia . Australia has a lot riding on its reputation as a destination for international students . It has an estimated $ 12.6 billion-a-year education export industry . More than 90,000 students from India study in Australia . CNN 's Ed Payne and Harmeet Shah Singh contributed to this report .
Weekend killing in Australia prompts Indian government to issue an advisory . The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported that the man was a 23-year-old from India who had been living and working as a taxi driver for about two years. Nitin Garg was stabbed to death in Melbourne as he walked to work through a public park . Australian authorities denied spate of attacks on Indian students were racially motivated .