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Woman charged with hate crime after stabbing student of Chinese descent multiple times in head on bus

An Indiana woman has been charged with a federal hate crime for a racially motivated attack and stabbing of a woman of Chinese descent on a public transit bus. An Indiana woman has been charged with a federal hate crime for a racially motivated attack and stabbing of a woman of Chinese descent on a public transit bus. The incident occurred on Jan. 11, 2023 when 56-year-old suspect Billie Davis “willfully caused bodily injury to the victim and attempted to do so using a knife because of the victim’s race and national origin” on a public bus in Bloomington, Indiana, the Department of Justice said in a statement detailing the charge against Davis. MORE: Mom and 4 kids run over at school bus stop by driver trying to escape police “The victim reported to investigators that she had been riding the Bloomington Transit bus and had stood up to exit the bus,” the Bloomington Police Department said at the time of the attack. “She said that as she was standing and waiting for the bus door...

Man arrested after allegedly stabbing imam at New Jersey mosque

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A man has been charged with first-degree attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed an imam at a New Jersey mosque on Easter Sunday. A man is facing charges, including attempted murder, after he allegedly stabbed an imam at a New Jersey mosque . The suspect, 32-year-old Serif Zorba, was subdued by congregants after he allegedly attacked a man at the Omar Mosque in Paterson on Sunday morning, according to a statement from Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes. Police say congregants subdued a stabbing suspect at the Omar Mosque in Paterson, New Jersey, April 9, 2023. Mohammed MORE: 5-year-old girl shot and killed on California freeway, police say The victim, a 65-year-old man, was hospitalized to be treated for non-fatal stab wounds, prosecutors said. Paterson 6th Ward Councilman Al Abdel-aziz identified the victim as Imam Sayed Elnakib. Abdel-aziz said in a statement on Facebook Sunday, "While it is unclear what motivated the attacker, there is no justification for violence ...