Whereas the motive behind the assault is unknown, it got here amid rising anti-Palestine sentiments within the US.
Three younger Palestinian males have been shot close to a college campus in Vermont in the US, based on media studies.
Stories mentioned the incident passed off on Saturday night close to the College of Vermont’s campus within the metropolis of Burlington.
The three have been recognized as Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdel Hamid and Tahseen Ahmed. They’re finding out at three completely different universities within the US.
Based on the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), two of the victims are in intensive care whereas one was on account of be launched on Sunday.
“[We] are deeply distressed by the latest incident involving three of our graduates,” the Ramallah Associates Faculty within the occupied West Financial institution, the place the three studied, mentioned in an announcement on Fb.
“Whereas we’re relieved to know they’re alive, we stay unsure about their situation. We prolong our ideas and prayers to them and their households for a full restoration, particularly contemplating the severity of the accidents – as Hisham has been shot within the again, Tahseen within the chest, and Kinnan with minor accidents.”
Three younger Palestinian males, Hisham Awartani, Tahseen Ali and Kenan Abdulhamid, college students at Brown and different US universities, have been shot final evening on their solution to a household dinner in Burlington, USA. Their crime? Carrying the Palestinian keffiyeh. They’re critically injured. And… pic.twitter.com/OwafFkHwg4
— Husam Zomlot (@hzomlot) November 26, 2023
The motive behind the assault is unknown. When contacted by Al Jazeera, the Burlington police didn’t instantly reply to a request for additional info.
‘Hate a motivating issue’
The ADC mentioned it was contacted concerning the taking pictures earlier on Sunday, and that it has “cause to imagine [it] was motivated by the three victims being Arab”.
“Based on the knowledge offered, the three victims have been carrying a keffiyeh and talking Arabic. A person shouted and harassed the victims, then proceeded to shoot them,” the group mentioned in a assertion.
This morning, ADC was contacted concerning the taking pictures, after reviewing the knowledge, we’ve cause to imagine that the taking pictures was motivated by the three vitims being Arab.
The three victims have been carrying a Kuffiyeh and talking Arabic. A person shouted and harassed the victims, pic.twitter.com/b8yoDvK8Nv
— ADC Nationwide (@adc) November 26, 2023
“Given the knowledge collected and offered, it’s clear that hate was a motivating issue on this taking pictures,” mentioned ADC’s Director Abed Ayoub.
“We name on regulation enforcement to analyze it as such. The surge in anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian sentiment we’re experiencing is unprecedented, and that is one other instance of that hate turning violent.”
The incident got here amid a rise in anti-Palestinian sentiments within the US, with each Republican and Democratic politicians backing Israel’s struggle in Gaza regardless of the mounting Palestinian demise toll and rising accusations of struggle crimes.
Israel’s floor and air assault on the besieged Gaza Strip has up to now killed greater than 15,000 Palestinians, and left huge swathes of the Strip in ruins.
