A woman living in Texas in the United States has been charged with trying to smuggle a three-year-old Palestinian-American girl, and police have described the act as racially motivated.
The charges against the suspect, 42-year-old Elizabeth Wolff, are included in the hate crime amendment beyond attempted murder, court records show.
Aljazeera reported that an agent for the accused could not be reached for comment.
If she is convicted of a hate crime, Wolff could face a more severe sentence.
According to police reports, the shooting took place in May at an apartment complex in the Youles neighborhood of Dallas-Fort Worth.
The suspect then tried to drown the three-year-old girl, while her six-year-old brother tried to save her, according to the police report.
The police said that the mother was able to pull her child out of the water, and the local medical personnel were also present at the scene and provided medical assistance to the children.
According to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the accused shared that she tried to sink her racist act into the depth of the swimming pool by approaching the children’s mother.
In late November, three Palestinian men in their early 20s were shot and wounded near a university campus in Vermont, USA.
Similarly, a month ago, a six-year-old Palestinian-American boy was stabbed to death in Illinois, which human rights activists recall as an indication of rising hate crimes.
Police have arrested a 71-year-old man and charged him with murder and hate crime after stabbing the child to death and seriously injuring his mother.
According to the police, the old man carried out the attack in response to the ongoing war in Gaza to show his support for Israel.
*It has been stated that the Supreme Court has rejected the request of the former Minister of Peace, DETA, Mr. Taye Dendea, to have his bail rights respected.
On July 30/2016, Mr. Taye appealed to the Supreme Court to have his bail rights respected.
It will be remembered that after their request for bail was rejected by the High Court.
Federal High Court Birth Category 1 Constitutional and Terrorism Court July 30/2016
At the hearing
After investigating their case, they were acquitted of the two charges of “inciting violence and supporting anti-peace forces”.
He had decided to defend themselves in the third case.
Mr. Taye requested that his bail be protected following his acquittal in the two cases, but the court rejected his request for bail.
Following this, Mr. Taye filed a petition to the Supreme Court.
In today’s session, the Supreme Court rejected Mr. Taye’s request for bail for two reasons, namely;
“The third charge carries a prison sentence of 8-25 years,” and “the defendant may not appear in court when required.”
He affirmed the lower court’s ruling and rejected it.
Ato Taye has been scheduled for October 8/2017 in the High Court to present his defense in the third case against him.
Information from the BBC shows that the rescheduled date has been rescheduled.