NEW YORK – A Muslim woman who reported that three men taunted her aboard a New York City subway train, yelling "Donald Trump" and calling her a terrorist, has apparently made it all up.
Police say 18-year-old Yasmin Seweid was arrested Wednesday on charges of filing a false report and obstructing governmental administration. It wasn't clear if the Baruch College student had a lawyer.
Seweid first told police the incident happened on Dec. 1 as the train pulled into Grand Central Station.
She claimed the men told her "you don't belong here" and referred to her hijab as a "rag." She also reported that one of the men grabbed her bag, breaking the strap, and another tried to take off her hijab.
Police originally investigated the case as an anti-Muslim bias incident.
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