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Uwa Ede-Osifo

Seattle prosecutors mull hate crime charge for woman who bit circle in victim’s forehead

Limestone wall with Seattle City Hall carved into it, alongside tall row of stairs leading to glass building.
Seattle’s city hall, seen in 2023, about a block from where the attack happened. Photograph: JHVEPhoto/Getty Images

A Seattle woman will need surgery for a gnarly wound, after a stranger, who called her “an inferior race”, took a bite of flesh from her forehead in a surprise attack.

The incident occurred in broad daylight on 18 September when Diana Gonzalez, 36, was walking to a local convenience store and the alleged assailant, identified by prosecutors as Kamilia Chadli, threw a food wrapper at her, the victim told Seattle police.

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