Muslim Stanford student speaks out after alleged hit-and-run hate crime on campus

Source: ABC News

Muslim Stanford student speaks out after alleged hit-and-run hate crime on campus

Stanford police said the victim's injuries are non-life-threatening.

ByEmily Shapiro, Faith Abubey, and Annie Pong
November 6, 2023, 3:10 PM

An Arab Muslim student at Stanford University was hurt in a hit-and-run on campus, and the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office is opening a hate crime investigation, authorities said.

The student, Abdul Omira, told ABC News he was in a crosswalk when he was struck Friday afternoon.

Omira said the driver "made eye contact with him," accelerated and hit him, and then drove away and yelled "f--- you and your people" out the car window, according to Stanford's Department of Public Safety.

"I never imagined becoming the victim of a hate-driven attack," Omira said in a statement. "His hateful screams ... still echo in my ears."

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