Feb 6 (Reuters) – Police in Austin, Texas, said on Tuesday that they were investigating a reported stabbing of a Palestinian-American man over the weekend by a white suspect as a “bias-motivated incident” and that a hate-crime panel would review the case.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) advocacy group said a group of Muslim Americans were driving home from a pro-Palestinian protest on Sunday when the suspect attacked their vehicle at a stop sign.
The suspect, identified by police as Bert James Baker, shouted obscenities, attempted to rip a “Free Palestine” flag from their car and stabbed a 23-year-old Palestinian-American in the chest, CAIR said.
Police provided no details about the victim. His father, Niza Doar, identified him as Zacharia Doar. The father told a CAIR-hosted press conference on Tuesday his son was trying to subdue Baker when he was stabbed and suffered a broken rib.
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