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Police in CA looking into possibility of hate crime in death of severely beaten Iraqi woman
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/woman-from-iraq-found-severely-beaten-next-to-threatening-note-dies-in-california/2012/03/24/gIQA3UimYS_story.html?tid=pm_national_popPolice in CA looking into possibility of hate crime in death of severely beaten Iraqi woman
By Associated Press, Published: March 24 | Updated: Sunday, March 25, 4:38 AM
EL CAJON, Calif. — A woman from Iraq who was found beaten next to a threatening note saying “go back to your country” has died, and police are investigating the possibility of a hate crime.
Hanif Mohebi, the director of the San Diego chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said Shaima Alawadi was taken off life support Saturday afternoon. snip
“A hate crime is one of the possibilities, and we will be looking at that,” Lt. Mark Coit said. “We don’t want to focus on only one issue and miss something else.”
The daughter, Fatima Al Himidi, told KUSI-TV her mother had been beaten on the head repeatedly with a tire iron, and that the note said “go back to your country, you terrorist.”
