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A Palestinian student was shot in Vermont after his father told him to stay in the US, per NPR. His father said he thought he would be safer in the US than in the West Bank, his mother told NPR. AdvertisementA Palestinian student who was shot in Vermont was told by his father to stay in the US because he thought he would be safer, according to NPR. My husband "thought our son would be safer [in the US] than in Palestine," Elizabeth Price told the outlet. Awartani, a mathematics and archaeology student at Brown University, was one of the three Palestinian students shot on Saturday in Burlington, Vermont, as Business Insider previously reported .
Persons: Hisham Awartani, , Elizabeth Price, Awartani, Price, Jason James Eaton, Tahseen Ahmed, Kinnan Abdalhamid, Eaton's, Nikolas Kerest, Miro Weinberger, Albany Organizations: NPR, West Bank, Service, West Bank for, Brown University, Business, Authorities, Chittenden, Burlington Police, Burlington Police Department, United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, FBI, Violence, Force, District of, Burlington Locations: Vermont, Burlington, Palestine, Burlington , Vermont, Chittenden, District of Vermont
CNN —A suspect has been arrested in the shooting of three Palestinian college students in Burlington, Vermont, in a case that has garnered national attention amid concerns about rising levels of hate crimes since the Israel-Hamas war erupted. Jason J. Eaton, 48, was arrested Sunday afternoon near the scene of the attack, the Burlington Police Department said in a news release. An attorney for the victims’ families, Abed Ayoub, said he believes the students were targeted, in part, because two of them were wearing keffiyehs – traditional Palestinian scarves. ET, police officers responding to reports of a shooting found two of the victims injured at the scene, police said. Students (from left) Tahseen Ahmad, Kinnan Abdalhamid and Hisham Awartani, took this photo shortly before they were shot, a family representative said.
Persons: Jason J, Eaton, Hisham Awartani, Tahseen Ahmad, Jon Murad, Abed Ayoub, ” Ayoub, Hisham Awartani’s, Marwan Awartani, Kinnan Abdalhamid, Miro Weinberger, ” Weinberger, CNN’s Dianne Gallagher, Joe Sutton, Zenebou Sylla, Eva McKend, Khalil Abdallah, Zoe Sottile, Michelle Watson Organizations: CNN, Burlington Police Department, Authorities, ” Authorities, Police, . Police, Brown University, Haverford College, Trinity College in, Institute for Middle, Hamas, Burlington Police, “ CNN, University of Vermont Medical Center, Institute for Middle East, Burlington, FBI Locations: Burlington , Vermont, Israel, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Trinity College in Connecticut, Burlington, Albany , New York
3 Palestinian college students shot in Vermont
  + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Celina Tebor | Zoe Sottile | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
CNN —Three Palestinian college students were shot in Burlington, Vermont, on Saturday evening, according to police. Two of the three students were wearing keffiyehs, traditional Palestinian scarves, according to the police department. The victims were transported to the University of Vermont Medical Center, the news release said. Husam Zomlot, the Palestinian ambassador to the United Kingdom, posted on X about the incident, naming the students and identifying them as “three young Palestinian men.”“The hate crimes against Palestinians must stop. CNN has reached out to the University of Vermont, the University of Vermont Medical Center, the students’ universities and Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger.
Persons: , , Jon Murad, Murad, Hisham Awartani, Tahseen Ahmad, Sen, Bernie Sanders, Husam Zomlot, ” Zomlot, Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger, CNN’s Eva McKend Organizations: CNN, Sunday, Police, Authorities, Burlington police, FBI, University of Vermont, University of Vermont Medical Center, Institute for Middle, Brown University, Haverford College, Trinity College in, Ramallah Friends School, West Bank, Islamic Relations, Hamas, Burlington Mayor Locations: Burlington , Vermont, Burlington, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Trinity College in Connecticut, Ramallah, Vermont, Palestinian, United Kingdom, Israel, Gaza
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