Teen is arrested for LYING about being attacked by Donald Trump supporters after she claimed ‘three anti-Muslim racists’ called her a ‘f***ing terrorist’ and pulled her hijab off her head
Yasmin Seweid claimed the men chanted "Donald Trump!" as they tried to rip off her hijab on a subway train, but police say she made the whole thing up
A TEENAGER who claimed Donald Trump supporters called her a terrorist and tried to rip off her hijab has been arrested after apparently admitting she had made the whole thing up.
Student Yasmin Seweid, 18, claimed three drunken yobs chanted "Donald Trump!" as they attacked her on a subway train, and a Facebook post about her ";traumatising" ordeal went viral.
But she has been arrested by police and charged with filing a false report after reportedly making up claims the trio harassed her, telling her "you don't belong her" and calling her hijab a "rag".
Miss Seweid also reported that one of them grabbed her bag, breaking the strap, and another tried to rip off her hijab before she fled the train at New York's Grand Central Station to seek help.
But police sources told the the teenager has admitted fabricating the story, which she allegedly made up to avoid getting into trouble with her strict Egyptian parents after being out late with friends.
A post written by the teenager about the alleged ordeal went viral, with her writing: "'It breaks my heart that so many individuals chose to be bystanders while watching me get harassed verbally and physically by these disgusting pigs."
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Cops investigating the alleged anti-Muslim attack trawled through surveillance footage but could not find any evidence to corroborate the Baruch College student's story.
She claimed she was subjected to the vile abuse after getting on the train at 23rd Street station on December 1.
But Miss Seweid told police on Tuesday that she made up the story, wanting to get attention because she was having family issues at home.
She was charged with filing a false report and obstructing governmental administration and arraigned today at Manhattan Criminal Court.
The student appeared without a hijab and sporting a shaved head after she was allegedly forced to cut off her hair as punishment by her strict parents, reports the .
They are also said to be upset Miss Seweid - who faces up to a year in jail if she is convicted - is dating a Christian.
The teenager's false story echoes a similar incident in which a Muslim woman was subjected to vicious abuse and pushed down the stairs at Grand Central Station.
Seweid went missing for several days after the ordeal and was reported missing by her father Sayeed Seweid, but later found at a friend's house.
"You try to raise your children as best you can," the limo driver told , who is studying law and and attended court with Miss Seweid today.
"Maybe she was afraid that night. She was running late."
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