KENT, Wash. – A Burien woman has pleaded not guilty a charge of malicious harassment after an alleged attack on two Muslim women at a Tukwila gas station.
Jennifer Leigh Jennings, 37, is charged with two counts of malicious marassment for verbally and physically attacking two women Saturday at a Tukwila gas station.
Imaan says she and her aunt Maryon, who are Somali, were buying gas at the Arco station at 154th and International Boulevard when Jennings walked up to them and called them a terrorist.
"She was saying you're a suicide bomber and you don't know how to pump gas. You need to go back to your own country!" Imaan said.
According to Imaan, Jennings then went to the driver's side and slammed the door on her aunt's foot as she was trying to get out of the car. Imaan said Jennings pulled off part of her aunt's head scarf.
The King County Prosecutors Office charged Jenning with the malicious harassment, which is a hate crime.
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