Palestinian students shot in Vermont speak out: ‘I know that it is a hate crime’

From left: Tahseen Ali Ahmad, Kinnan Abdalhamid, and Hisham Awartani, the three young men who were shot on 25 November while walking near the University of Vermont campus in Burlington. Photograph: Rich Price/AP

Two Palestinian college students who were shot in Vermont said they suspected they were the targets of a hate crime in their most extensive public remarks since the attack.

Hisham Awartani, Tahseen Ali Ahmad and Kinnan Abdalhamid were shot on 25 November while walking near the home of Awartani’s grandmother in Burlington, Vermont.