NASHVILLE, Ind. — A foreign exchange student was attacked by a Nashville man with a hatchet, police said.
Authorities say the 18-year-old girl was working on a school project when Dana Ericson, 59, hit her in the back with hatchet. She was treated for serious injuries at the hospital and later released.
Ericson was arrested a short time later on charges of attempted murder, aggravated battery and battery.
Police say Ericson intended to kill the Asian woman in an act of “ethnic cleansing.”