Muslim Stanford student hospitalized in suspected hate crime hit-and-run

University says incident being investigated as possible hate crime after Abdulwahab Omira suffered non-life-threatening injuries

An Arab Muslim student at Stanford University was hospitalized after being struck in a hit-and-run that authorities are investigating as a hate crime, amidst rising threats against Arab and Muslim people across the US.

The student, Abdulwahab Omira, was treated for non-life-threatening injuries after being struck by an SUV. The driver is reported to have made eye contact with the victim, accelerated and struck the victim and then driven away while shouting fuck you and your people' out the lowered window of the vehicle," according to the university's department of public safety.