Muslim girl attempts suicide following attack

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27.08.2013

16-year-old Aïssatou N. jumped off the fourth floor of her apartment building in Trappes an attempt to commit suicide. Days prior to her suicide attempt, the Muslim teenager was attacked by two white male on the street who violently pulled off her hijab (veil). The attack follows violent riots in the same town in July after a Muslim woman wearing a niqab was frisked and stopped by local police officers.

Aïssatou N. survived the fall and was released after having been briefly hospitalised. The attack draws further attention to the rise of islamophobic attacks in France.

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