Texas Woman Charged with Attempted Murder in Attack on Palestinian-American Child
President Biden and community leaders condemn the alleged hate crime at a suburban Dallas pool.
- Elizabeth Wolf, 42, allegedly attempted to drown a 3-year-old girl and made racist remarks toward the child's mother.
- The incident occurred at an apartment complex pool in Euless, Texas, on May 19.
- Wolf has been charged with attempted capital murder and injury to a child; hate crime charges are being considered.
- The Council on American-Islamic Relations is advocating for the case to be prosecuted as a hate crime.
- The attack is part of a reported rise in Islamophobic and anti-Palestinian incidents in the U.S.