Three young men of Palestinian descent who were in Burlington for a Thanksgiving holiday gathering were shot and injured — one seriously — near the University of Vermont, police said Sunday. The shootings occurred at about 6:25 p.m. Saturday near the UVM campus, according to Burlington Police Chief Jon Murad. Two of the men are in stable condition and the other suffered “much more serious injuries,” Murad said in a news release Sunday. “All three victims were struck, two in their torsos and one in the lower extremities.”Murad said all three men are of Palestinian descent. “My deepest condolences go out to the victims and their families,” Murad said in the news release.

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