The shooting of three Palestinian students in Vermont this past Saturday has come amid reports of rising religiously motivated crimes and attacks since the war began between Israel and Hamas.
Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdalhamid and Tahseen Ali Ahmad were identified by their families as the injured victims of the attack near the University of Vermont on Saturday evening.
Jason Eaton, 48, was identified by police as a suspect and detained at around midday on Sunday near where the shooting occurred. Police searched his home in an apartment building in front of where the shooting took place and arrested him Sunday evening. He is charged with three counts of attempted murder in the second degree.
Amid the coverage, some said that all three victims were wearing the Palestinian keffiyeh, a headdress, while others said it may have been the motivation for the incident.
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