Police do not believe the man who set a Muslim woman dressed in traditional religious attire on fire in New York was motivated by anti-Muslim bias, they said on Wednesday, after more women are revealed to have been targeted. Three other women were also targeted in a similar area, at a similar time as the incident on Saturday, according to the New York police department. “The other women were NOT wearing clothing indicating they were Muslim,” the police department’s spokesperson told the Guardian via email. The incident occurred during a wave anti-Muslim hate crimes in recent weeks and has left many Muslim Americans on edge. Only days prior, two Muslim mothers pushing strollers were verbally and physically attacked by a woman in Brooklyn.

Source: The Guardian September 14, 2016 20:02 UTC