Muslim Woman's Blouse Set On Fire In Possible Hate Crime On Fifth Avenue
Muslim Woman's Blouse Set On Fire In Possible Hate Crime On Fifth Avenue
BY EMMA WHITFORD at the Gothamist
http://gothamist.com/2016/09/12/muslim_hate_crime_fifth_ave.php
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A 36-year-old woman was window shopping on Fifth Avenue in Midtown on Saturday night when a man walked up to her and set her blouse on fire with a lighter, according to a complaint filed with the NYPD. The woman was wearing hijab, and the NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the incident as a possible bias attack.
Police said that the woman was standing outside of the Valentino boutique at 693 Fifth Avenue looking at the front window display when she "felt something warm on her left arm." She looked down and realized that the left sleeve of her blouse was on fire. A man standing next to her allegedly had a lighter in his hand. The woman didn't know the man, who proceeded to head east on 54th Street without speaking to her. She managed to put out the flames, and was uninjured.
No arrests have been made as of Monday afternoon.
Last week, a Brooklyn woman was arrested after she allegedly attacked two Muslim women pushing their babies in strollers in Bath Beach. Prosecutors say she attempted to rip off their hijabs and told them, "Get the fuck out of America, bitches."
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