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A woman is accused of attempting to drown a 3-year-old Muslim child in possible hate crime incident

Elizabeth Wolf, 42, has been accused of attempting to drown a three-year-old child. (Euless Police Department via CNN Newsource) Elizabeth Wolf, 42, has been accused of attempting to drown a three-year-old child. (Euless Police Department via CNN Newsource)
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A woman in Texas has been charged with attempted capital murder and injury to a child after trying to drown a three-year-old child at an apartment complex pool and making racial statements, according to police.

The Texas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations identified the family as Muslim and Palestinian and called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate the incident 鈥渁s a hate crime and take all precautions to keep the Muslim family and the Muslim community safe,鈥 the organization said in a .

On May 19, Euless Police Department officers responded to a call at an apartment complex pool regarding a disturbance between two women. Witnesses told officers 鈥渁 woman who was very intoxicated had tried to drown a child and argued with the child鈥檚 mother,鈥 police said in a news release.

The woman, identified as Elizabeth Wolf, 42, was approached by officers as she tried to leave and placed under arrest for public intoxication.

The victim鈥檚 mother told police Wolf was questioning where she was from and if the two children playing at the pool were hers, the release said. The mother was visibly Muslim and wore a hijab, or Islamic headscarf, and modest swimwear, according to the council.

Wolf also made statements about the mother not being an American and made other racial statements, according to police.

鈥淲hen the mother answered her, she stated that Wolf tried to grab her six-year-old son but he pulled away from her grasp, which caused a scratch on his finger. The mother began helping her son when Wolf grabbed her three-year-old daughter and forced her underwater,鈥 the news release said.

The mother was able to pull her daughter from the water but she 鈥渉ad been yelling for help and was coughing up water.鈥

Both children were medically cleared by the Euless Medics, according to the release.

鈥淲e are American citizens, originally from Palestine, and I don鈥檛 know where to go to feel safe with my kids,鈥 the council quoted the mother, identified only as Mrs. H, as saying. 鈥淢y country is facing a war, and we are facing that hate here. My daughter is traumatized; whenever I open the apartment door, she runs away and hides, telling me she is afraid the lady will come and immerse her head in the water again.鈥

The Euless Police Department confirmed to CNN Wolf posted bail out of Tarrant County Jail.

鈥淭he bond for the Attempted Capital Murder charge was US$25,000. The bond for the Injury to a Child charge was US$15,000,鈥 Captain Brenda Alvarado told CNN.

It is unclear if Wolf has an attorney.

鈥淲e ask for a hate-crime probe, a higher bail bond, and an open conversation with officials to address this alarming increase in Islamophobia, anti-Arab, and anti-Palestinian sentiment,鈥 Shaimaa Zayan, the council鈥檚 Austin operations manager, said in a statement.

Texas Rep. Salman Bhojani said he is 鈥渟hocked and appalled by this alleged racist, Islamophobic occurrence that took place in my town,鈥 according to the news release. 鈥淗ate has no place in Euless, District 92, or anywhere in our great state. I want to thank Euless PD for quickly apprehending the alleged provocateur, and I extend my service to the affected family.鈥

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