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Police: Nabra Hassanen killed in 'road rage incident'
Many express outrage over Virginia police's decision not to investigate murder of Muslim teenager as a hate crime.
The murder of a teenage Muslim girl beaten and killed by a bat-wielding motorist near a Virginia mosque was likely a "road rage incident", not a hate crime, US police said, prompting outrage from many who say the teen was targeted because of her religion.
Darwin Martinez Torres, 22, has been arrested and charged with Nabra Hassanen's murder in an incident police say began as a road dispute with a male teenager who was among Hassanen's group.
"It appears that the suspect became so enraged over this traffic argument that it escalated into deadly violence," Fairfax County police spokeswoman Julie Parker said at a news conference on Monday.
Parker said there was no indication the attack near the All Dulles Area Muslim Society mosque early on Sunday was motivated by race or religion.
She added that there was no sign that Martinez used racial slurs as he chased the group of teenagers into a car park, emerged from his car with a baseball bat and struck Hassanen before loading her into a car and dumping her body in a pond in a neighbouring town.
Hassanen's father, Mohmoud Hassanen Aboras, told The Guardian newspaper he believes his daughter was killed because "she is Muslim".
He also told reporters he doesn't want anyone to feel the pain he feels.
"My daughter is dead, and I don't want anyone to feel what I feel, to lose your 17-year-old daughter … Christian, Muslim, Jew, Hispanic, whatever," he said.
Authorities said its findings could change pending an ongoing investigation.
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JK, it sad to know this happened to this young girl, not sure if it had something to do with her religion but a lot of people think so even though there are no evidence to suggest it was since according to the witnesses, he didn't use racial slurs against them, either way I hope they deport him back to his country.
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