by Melissa Etehad

June 19, 2017

 

Investigators looking into the killing of a 17-year-old Virginia girl celebrating the Muslim holy month of Ramadan said Monday that the attack does not appear to have been a hate crime but rather a brutal case of road rage.

Nabra Hassanen was reported missing early Sunday morning by a group of friends who had been with her at an overnight prayer event marking the holiday. Her body was discovered that evening in a pond in Loudoun County a few miles from the mosque where the event was held.

The incident stirred fear that Nabra had been targeted for her race or religion. She was wearing a traditional Muslim headscarf when she disappeared.

But investigators from Fairfax County, who were in charge of the search, told a different story.

 

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