Texas woman gets 5 years for trying to drown Muslim child
“Elizabeth Wolf, 43, pleads guilty in Euless attack.”
Key points
- Elizabeth Wolf, 43, pleads guilty in Euless attack.
- Gets five-year prison term for attempted murder and injury to a child.
- Incident targeted a Palestinian-American Muslim family at a pool.
- Case underscores rising bias-related crimes since Gaza war.
A Texas woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for attempting to drown a three-year-old Palestinian-American Muslim girl at an apartment complex pool in Euless in May 2024. Elizabeth Wolf, 43, pleaded guilty to attempted murder and injury to a child, avoiding a jury trial. The attack, condemned at the time by national leaders, was investigated as a hate-motivated crime by local authorities.
According to court filings and hearing details cited in US media, Wolf argued with the child’s mother, asked where the family was from, and then forced the toddler underwater while also trying to grab the six-year-old brother. The children were rescued and medically cleared at the scene. The case has been cited by advocacy groups as part of a troubling rise in bias-related incidents targeting Muslims and Arabs since the outbreak of the Gaza war in 2023.
Civil-rights organisations say the ruling sends a message of accountability but warn that communities remain on edge amid a broader pattern of hate incidents and retaliatory violence. Authorities in several US cities have stepped up outreach and security measures around schools, places of worship and community centres in response to the heightened risks.
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