A 17 year-old Muslim girl of Egyptian origin was assaulted and killed in the early hours of Sunday as she walked home after taraweeh prayers at a mosque near Washington, The Guardian reports. The dead child, Nabra Hassanen was of Egyptian origin. A potential hate crime is one of the possible motives under investigation, according to The Washington Post. Her mother, Sawsan Gazzar says “I think it had to do with the way she was dressed and the fact that she’s Muslim. Why would you kill a kid? What did my daughter do to deserve this?” Darwin Martinez Torres, 22, has been arrested and charged with murder in relation to the case, according to BuzzFeed News.

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