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A witness, Evelin Hernandez, told KATU, that the suspect told the two girls, "Get off the bus, and get out of the country because you don't pay taxes here." Hernandez added that Christian said, "[He] doesn't like Muslims, they're criminals."
Portland Police Bureau spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson told the media, "It's horrific. There's no other way to describe it." While Sgt. Simpson said that Christian had been "yelling various remarks that would best be characterized as hate speech toward a variety of ethnicities and religious." Authorities are looking to speak to the two Muslim women. The FBI is assisting with the investigation. Sgt. Simpson also said, "Of course our thoughts are with the Muslim community as something like this happens. This only instills fear in that community."
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