Hate Crime in Vermont: Palestinian Students Shot near US Campus

Three Palestinian students were shot near the University of Vermont Campus in Burlington, prompting their families to urge police to investigate the attack as a hate crime. The victims, who were wearing keffiyeh and speaking Arabic at the time of the attack, were identified as Hisham Awartani, Tahseen Ahmed, and Kinnan Abdalhamid. A suspect, Jason J Eaton, has been arrested. The families called for a thorough investigation and the shooter to be brought to justice. The incident highlights the surge in Islamophobic and antisemitic incidents in the US since the Israel-Hamas conflict began.