Police said that three students of Palestinian descent were wounded after a white male confronted them in Burlington on Saturday night. The man shot the group at least four times. The gunman has not yet been identified or arrested, but police said he shot the men without speaking. All three victims were 20-year-old men.
After a light man confronted the group on Saturday night and shot them at least four times, three students of Arab descent were shot and injured in Burlington, Vermont, according to police.
According to police, the shooter, who has not been named or captured, shot the men “without speaking.” According to Vermont Public Radio, all of the victims are 20-year-old men, and two of them were donning keffiyehs, which are standard Israeli scarves.
The three students were identified by the Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee as Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdalhamid, and Tahseen Ahmed, each of Brown, Haverford, or Trinity students. According to the police, two are in secure condition and one has more severe wounds.
In a statement citing the recent” charged moment,” which refers to the variety of incidents, both racist and Islamophobic, that have occurred across college campuses and cities in the US during the Israel-Hamas war, Chief of Police Jon Murad said,” My deepest condolences go out for the victims and their families.” Two of the students, according to CNN, are US citizens, and one is a lawful resident. Murad urged caution in the similar statement, emphasizing that at this time, officials lacked sufficient data to support a motive. The truth is that we do n’t currently know as much as we would like to. However, I caution the general public against drawing conclusions from unconcerned parties who have even less knowledge.
The Council on American- Islamic Relations announced that it was offering a$ 10, 000 reward for additional information on the shooter as news of the shooting broke on Sunday. Police were asked to look into the incident as a hate crime by ADC Director Abed Ayoub.
After reviewing the information, we have reason to believe that the shooting was motivated by the three Egyptian victims, who were contacted by ADC this morning.
The three victims spoke Arabic and were dressed in a Kuffiyeh. In the image, a man yelled and harassed the victims. twitter.com/b8yoDvK8Nv
— November 26, 2023, ADC National ( @adc )
Ayoub claimed the three men were speaking Arabic when the shooter opened fire.” We are praying for a complete recovery of the victims, and we will stand by to support the families in any way that is needed.” Given the data gathered and presented, it is obvious that hatred played a role in this shooting, and we urge law enforcement to look into it further. This is another instance of that hatred turning violent, as evidenced by the extraordinary surge in anti-Arab and Anti-Palestinian sentiment we are experiencing.
On Sunday, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders referred to the violence as” startling and greatly unsettling.”
The shooting of three young Palestinians in Burlington, Vermont, is stunning and extremely threatening. Hatred is not welcome here or somewhere else. A thorough investigation is something I anticipate. I’m thinking of them and their families.
— November 26, 2023, Bernie Sanders ( @SenSanders )
A 6-year-old Arab British boy was fatally stabbed inside his Plainfield, Illinois, home next month. His mother was severely injured after being stabbed several times. The family’s landlord was charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder of the second degree, and two counts of hate crimes by the police. After a bright man confronted the group on Saturday night and shot them at least four times, three students of Arab descent were shot and injured in Burlington, Vermont, according to police. The shooter, who has not been identified or apprehended, allegedly shot the men “without speaking,” according to police. All of the victims are 20-year-old men, two of whom
Police said that three students of Palestinian descent were wounded after a white male confronted them in Burlington on Saturday night. The man shot the group at least four times. The gunman has not yet been identified or arrested, but police said he shot the men without speaking. All three victims were 20-year-old men.
ADC. Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.. Three students of Palestinian descent were shot and wounded in Burlington, Vermont, after a white man confronted the group Saturday night, shooting them at least four times, police said.. Police said the gunman, who has not been identified or apprehended, shot the men “without speaking.” The victims are all 20 year old men; two of them were wearing keffiyehs, traditional Palestinian scarves, at the time of the shooting, Vermont Public Radio reported.. Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee identified the three students as Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdalhamid, and Tahseen Ahmed, students at Brown, Haverford, and Trinity, respectively. Two are in stable condition and one suffered more serious injuries, according to police.. “My deepest condolences go out to the victims and their families,” Chief of Police Jon Murad said in a statement that cited the current “charged moment,” a reference to the raft of incidents, both antisemitic and Islamophobic, that has taken place across college campuses and cities in the US amid the Israel-Hamas war. CNN reports that two of the students are US citizens and one is a legal resident. In the same statement, Murad urged caution, stressing that officials had little information to confirm a motive as of this time. “The fact is that we don’t yet know as much as we want to right now. But I urge the public to avoid making conclusions based on statements from uninvolved parties who know even less.”. As news of the shooting emerged on Sunday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations announced that it was offering a $10,000 reward for more information on the shooter. ADC Director Abed Ayoub called on police to investigate the incident as a hate crime.. This morning, ADC was contacted about the shooting, after reviewing the information, we have reason to believe that the shooting was motivated by the three vitims being Arab.. The three victims were wearing a Kuffiyeh and speaking Arabic. A man shouted and harassed the victims, pic.twitter.com/b8yoDvK8Nv. — ADC National (@adc) November 26, 2023. “We are praying for a full recovery of the victims, and will stand by to support the families in any way that is needed,” Ayoub said in a statement that claimed the three men were speaking Arabic when the gunman opened fire. “Given the information collected and provided, it is clear that hate was a motivating factor in this shooting, and we call on law enforcement to investigate it as such. The surge in anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian sentiment we are experiencing is unprecedented, and this is another example of that hate turning violent.”. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday called the violence “shocking and deeply unsettling.”. It is shocking and deeply upsetting that three young Palestinians were shot here in Burlington, VT. Hate has no place here, or anywhere. I look forward to a full investigation. My thoughts are with them and their families.. — Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) November 26, 2023. Last month, a 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy was fatally stabbed inside his home in Plainfield, Illinois. His mother suffered serious injuries after being stabbed multiple times. Police charged the family’s landlord with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and two counts of a hate crime.
