Attack on Sri Lankan students

ACT police have confirmed they are investigating allegations of attacks against a group of Sri Lankan students at their home in North Canberra.

In the first attack, it is alleged three men smashed the front windows of the students' Macquarie home after an unsuccessful attempt to crash a party.

The students say a car window has also been broken and that they have been taunted with racist insults. One of the students, Dijula Wijesuriya, says he has been threatened with a knife.

"This guy comes up and takes out a knife and says 'get out of our streets", he said. Wijesuriya says they have been living in fear, especially considering the recent violence against Indian students in Sydney and Melbourne.

"We really didn't go anywhere else, we just stayed at home, just go to uni and come back home straight away and lock the doors and stay inside."

India Australia Association of Canberra President Madhu Kalia, says he is surprised by the incidents.

"So far in Canberra, it has been alright, there have been no attack on students," she said.

Police say they have investigated several incidents but have not received any reports that they have been racially motivated.