US cops look into 'hate crime' after three Palestinian students shot in Vermont


  • World
  • Monday, 27 Nov 2023

This undated handout photo provided by the Institute for Middle East Understanding shows Hisham Awartani, Tahseen Ali, and Kenan Abdulhamid, who were shot on their way to a family dinner. Three university students of Palestinian descent were wounded on Nov 25, 2023, in a shooting in the north-eastern US city of Burlington, Vermont, in what police said appeared to be a "hate-motivated crime." - Photo: AFP PHOTO / Institute for Middle East Understanding

WASHINGTON (AFP): Three university students of Palestinian descent were wounded Saturday (Nov 25) in a shooting in the north-eastern United States city of Burlington, Vermont, in what police said appeared to be a "hate-motivated crime".

The shooter, who is still on the loose, was described by police as "a white man with a handgun."

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