A Vermont man is now in custody after cops declare he shot 3 Palestinian school college students in what could be a potential hate crime … this as tensions proceed to rise within the Center East.
48-year-old Jason Eaton was arrested Sunday close to Burlington … the location of the Saturday night time capturing when 3 younger males of Palestinian descent had been fired upon on the road as they had been strolling and talking Arabic and heading to a household dinner.
They’ve since been recognized as Hisham Awartani, Tahseen Ahmad and Kinnan Abdalhamid … all of whom attend totally different universities in New England, together with Brown.
A minimum of 2 of them had been additionally sporting conventional Keffiyeh scarves … a garment usually worn in Muslim nations. Due to this and the very fact they had been seemingly attacked with out provocation, U.S. officers are saying this could be a hate crime, and the feds are investigating whether or not that is the case or not.
As for Eaton … it is unclear what prices, precisely, he is dealing with at this level — however he is attributable to be arraigned Monday. When asserting his arrest, regulation enforcement cited “three incidents of aggravated assault.”
He is mentioned to be an area resident of the realm, and reportedly would not stay removed from the capturing.
