University of Maryland student arrested after hate bias incident

February 29, 2020   

(WMAR) A University of Maryland student was arrested and charged after a hate bias incident occurred.

On December 12, 2019, around 11:30 a.m., UMPD was notified of a hate bias incident that occurred on December 10, 2019, around 8:18 p.m. A female UMD student reported to police that while at McKeldin Library, she received anti-Semitic messages on her cell phone from a person she did not know.

After investigating, a detective was able to identify the suspect, Muqarrab Ahmed Abdullah, 24, who allegedly sent multiple messages to the victim because of her religious beliefs.

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