...And now, the blow-back.
Man shouting 'anti-Muslim hate speech' on a Portland train fatally slashes two Good
Samaritans in the throat while they defended two young women he was harassing
-including one wearing a hijab.
'A man who was yelling 'anti-Muslim' slurs at two young women on a light-rail train fatally
slashed the throats of two men and injured a third person when they tried to intervene,
police said.
The suspect was arrested after he ran off the train at the Hollywood transit station in
Portland, Oregon. Police have not released his or the victims' names, the Oregonian
reported.
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The attacker was 'yelling a gamut of anti-Muslim and anti-everything slurs' before he
turned his focus on the women, one of whom was wearing a hijab, police Sgt. Pete
Simpson said.
After the suspect attacked the victims, he reportedly said, 'This is free America, I can
do whatever I want' one witness toldKOMO news.
One victim was dead at the scene and while another died at a hospital, Simpson said.
The third person was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The attack happened on a MAX train as it headed east on Friday around 4.30pm.
Evelin Hernandez, a 38-year-old resident of Clackamas, Oregon, said she was on the
train when the man began making racist remarks to the women.
'[He] said, "Get off the bus, and get out of the country because you don't pay taxes here."
[He said he] doesn't like Muslims, they're criminals,' Evelin Hernandez told KATU.
When the two men stepped in and tried to protect other passengers on the train, the
suspect slashed their throats, Simpson told the news channel...'
SOURCE:
Man shouting 'anti-Muslim hate speech' on a Portland train fatally slashes two Good
Samaritans in the throat while they defended two young women he was harassing
-including one wearing a hijab.
'A man who was yelling 'anti-Muslim' slurs at two young women on a light-rail train fatally
slashed the throats of two men and injured a third person when they tried to intervene,
police said.
The suspect was arrested after he ran off the train at the Hollywood transit station in
Portland, Oregon. Police have not released his or the victims' names, the Oregonian
reported.
The attacker was 'yelling a gamut of anti-Muslim and anti-everything slurs' before he
turned his focus on the women, one of whom was wearing a hijab, police Sgt. Pete
Simpson said.
After the suspect attacked the victims, he reportedly said, 'This is free America, I can
do whatever I want' one witness toldKOMO news.
One victim was dead at the scene and while another died at a hospital, Simpson said.
The third person was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The attack happened on a MAX train as it headed east on Friday around 4.30pm.
Evelin Hernandez, a 38-year-old resident of Clackamas, Oregon, said she was on the
train when the man began making racist remarks to the women.
'[He] said, "Get off the bus, and get out of the country because you don't pay taxes here."
[He said he] doesn't like Muslims, they're criminals,' Evelin Hernandez told KATU.
When the two men stepped in and tried to protect other passengers on the train, the
suspect slashed their throats, Simpson told the news channel...'
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