Two Muslim women in the US state of New York have been injured in what officials describe as a hate crime.
On Monday, a uniformed city transit employee was pushed down the stairs at Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan and was taken to hospital due to knee and ankle injuries.
A male suspect “approached her, called her a terrorist and said she should not be working with the city,” while the woman was aboard a train, headed to Grand Central Terminal around 6:20 am, a spokesman with the New York Police Department said.
The suspect later followed her into the station and pushed her down a flight of stairs, the spokesman added.
The incident happened just two days after another Muslim woman, an off-duty police officer, suffered a hate crime in Brooklyn.
The hijab-wearing officer was out with her 16-year-old son on Saturday evening when she was harassed by a man.
They were subject to “ugly acts of hate, including threats of violence, simply because they are…