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A 22-year-old Virginia man was held on a murder charge Monday in the slaying of a teenage Muslim girl who was attacked during a breakfast break from an all-night prayer session at her mosque.
According to statements from police and the mosque, the girl and her friends were walking back to the All Dulles Area Muslim Society mosque from a McDonald's in the Sterling area between 3 and 4 a.m. Sunday when a man drove up and some kind of altercation ensued.
According to WRC-TV in Washington, the teen fell as the girls ran, and only later did they realize that she was not among them.
During an intense search for the girl, an officer stopped a car being driven suspiciously on Sunday and the driver, later identified as Martinez Torres was taken into custody, police said.
WRC-TV reported that Martinez Torres was questioned near the scene of the attack, and led officers several miles away to a retention pond across the street from his apartment complex where a female body, believed to be the girl's, was found at about 3 p.m. Sunday.
Without elaborating, the Fairfax County Police Department tweeted Monday that "We are NOT investigating this murder as a hate crime."
originally posted by: earthling42
How many people are killed on a daily base in the US and why is this case so special
originally posted by: earthling42
How many people are killed on a daily base in the US and why is this case so special
originally posted by: Lagomorphe
Just terribly sad...
No matter what the religion/race/gender may be, what an utter waste of life in our so called civilized world...
Lags
originally posted by: earthling42
How many people are killed on a daily base in the US and why is this case so special
originally posted by: knowledgehunter0986
originally posted by: earthling42
How many people are killed on a daily base in the US and why is this case so special
Well for starters, if my projections turn out to be true and this is indeed a hate crime. I think that's a pretty big deal.