An American Muslim girl (17) was beaten and abducted after leaving a mosque in Virginia on Sunday. A man who police later arrested on suspicion of murder after her body was found dumped in a pond.
The attack burst an outpouring of grief and horror in a Muslim community that has been gathering to pray at theMuslim Society mosque about 30 miles outside Washington in the last days of Ramadan.
The attack happened early on Sunday. The victim and several friends walked outside the mosque and got into a dispute with a motorist. The motorist got out of his car and assaulted the girl.
The teen was reported missing by her friends who scattered during the attack. Around 3 pm, the remains of a female believed to be the teen victim were found in a pond in Sterling
Police arrested suspected driver who was present during when the dispute took place, later identified as Darwin Martinez Torres, 22.
The number of anti-Muslim bias incidents in the United States jumped 57 percent in 2016 to 2,213, up from 1,409 in 2015, the Council on American-Islamic Relations advocacy group said
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