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373. SHE MADE IT UP: NYPD Arrests Muslim Girl Who Claimed Attack by Trump Supporters / New York City college student Yasmin Seweid who claimed to be the victim of a hate crime by Trump supporters is under arrest and charged with filing a false report, a police source told The New York Da / 2016-12-14
374. Muslim college student who claimed Trump supporters attacked her on the subway under arrest for making story up / A Muslim college student claimed three men who shouted “Donald Trump,” called her a terrorist and tried to rip her hijab off her head on the New York subway by . She has now admitted the story
377. Yasmin Seweid’s arrest highlights pressures on some Muslim teenage girls / Yasmin Seweid, who falsely claimed to be the victim of an Islamophobic hate crime, is a victim of "family pressures". / 2016-12-15
Details
Type of hoax: admitted - crime never took place
Date: 2016-12-09
Location: New York NY
Summary: Yasmin Seweid, 18, has been charged with filing a false report. The Muslim college student claimed she was harassed on the subway by three men who shouted “Donald Trump,” called her a terrorist and tried to rip her hijab off her head. She has now admitted to detectives that she concocted the entire story.