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Three Palestinian men shot in Vermont, US amid Israel-Hamas truce | Israel-Palestine conflict News<\/p>\n
While the motive behind the attack is unknown, it came amid rising anti-Palestine sentiments in the US.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Three young Palestinian men have been shot near a university campus in Vermont in the United States, according to media reports.<\/p>\n Reports said the incident took place on Saturday evening near the University of Vermont\u2019s campus in the city of Burlington.<\/p>\n The three were identified as Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdel Hamid and Tahseen Ahmed. They are studying at three different universities in the US.<\/p>\n According to the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), two of the victims are in intensive care while one was due to be released on Sunday.<\/p>\n \u201c[We] are deeply distressed by the recent incident involving three of our graduates,\u201d the Ramallah Friends School in the occupied West Bank, where the three studied, said in a statement on Facebook.<\/p>\n \u201cWhile we are relieved to know they are alive, we remain uncertain about their condition. We extend our thoughts and prayers to them and their families for a full recovery, especially considering the severity of the injuries \u2013 as Hisham has been shot in the back, Tahseen in the chest, and Kinnan with minor injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n Three young Palestinian men, Hisham Awartani, Tahseen Ali and Kenan Abdulhamid, students at Brown and other US universities, were shot last night on their way to a family dinner in Burlington, USA. Their crime? Wearing the Palestinian keffiyeh. They are critically injured. And\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/OwafFkHwg4<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Husam Zomlot (@hzomlot) November 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The motive behind the attack is unknown. When contacted by Al Jazeera, the Burlington police did not immediately respond to a request for further information.<\/p>\n The ADC said it was contacted about the shooting earlier on Sunday, and that it has \u201creason to believe [it] was motivated by the three victims being Arab\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cAccording to the information provided, the three victims were wearing a keffiyeh and speaking Arabic. A man shouted and harassed the victims, then proceeded to shoot them,\u201d the group said in a statement.<\/p>\n This morning, ADC was contacted about the shooting, after reviewing the information, we have reason to believe that the shooting was motivated by the three vitims being Arab.<\/p>\n The three victims were wearing a Kuffiyeh and speaking Arabic. A man shouted and harassed the victims, pic.twitter.com\/b8yoDvK8Nv<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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