Does this look like a racist attack to you?

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https://uk.news.yahoo.com/shocking-cctv-...ml#pJnu950

Shocking footage has emerged of a “vicious” and “cowardly” attack on a man by a gang of 12 in London.

The assault happened at about 10pm on May 31 on Tower Bridge when a 29-year-old man walking home from a friend’s wedding was targeted.
In the unprovoked attack, captured on CCTV, the man is hit on the back of the head then shoved to the ground and kicked repeatedly.
Luckily, he was left with only cuts and bruises from the minute-long attack.
The footage was released by City of London Police, who say they are looking for a group of up to 12 Asian men who carried out the attack.

This is really one for people in the UK... does anyone else think that the headline would be vastly different if the attackers were white and the victim asian? I can't help but think the word 'racist' would somehow be flung in there. Yet, rather strangely, it's just reported on like this is an out of the blue attack with no estimation at all of what the motives might be.

I don't know the actual reasons of why this guy was attacked, ofcourse, I may well be wrong, but I think it looks pretty obvious that this is some kind of targeted attack. I have a hard time believing a bunch of 12 asian yobs would attack another unsuspecting asian guy... especially if he looked like a muslim.

I always wondered why race made things worse.
Someone getting hit is someone getting hit, the hitter will always have some motive which may not instantly be obvious. What matters is the action not the motive.