Egyptian Prosecutor General Nabil Sadek ordered on Tuesday to initiate legal investigations regarding the death of Egyptian-American teenage girl Nabra Hassanen in Virginia, The United States (US), according to state owned Egyptian broadcaster. Nabra Hassanen, 17, was reportedly assaulted and killed in June following prayers in a mosque. Sadek further ordered The Administration of International Cooperation to prepare a memo of the Egyptian prosecution’s demands to be sent to US judicial authorities. However, the incident was not investigated as a hate crime, the Washington Post (WP) reported. In 2016, the number of anti-Muslim incidents in the US increased by 57%, according to a report by The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

Source: Daily News Egypt July 05, 2017 20:37 UTC