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Jury convicts Vermont man of attempted murder of 3 Palestinian students

Jason Eaton rejected an insanity defense after shooting three college students near Burlington in November 2023.

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What to know

  • A jury convicted Jason Eaton of attempted murder for shooting three Palestinian college students in November 2023, rejecting his insanity defense based on claims of CIA and Mossad orders via FM radio.
  • Victim Hisham Awartani remains paralyzed from the waist down; the other two victims, Tahseen Aliahmad and Kinnan Abdalhamid, were also wounded in the attack.
  • No hate crime charges were filed despite calls for investigation, leaving unresolved questions about whether anti-Palestinian animus motivated the attack or if mental illness was the primary factor.
  • Eaton faces up to life in prison at sentencing, which has not yet been scheduled.

“While listening to a local NPR affiliate, Eaton believed he was hearing messages he attributed to the CIA”

Joshua O'Hara, Defense lawyer · Baltimore Sun / Mercury News / Philadelphia Inquirer ↗ · Sep 20

Jason Eaton DefendantHisham Awartani VictimTahseen Aliahmad VictimKinnan Abdalhamid VictimJoshua O'Hara Defense lawyerSally Adams Prosecutor

Jury convicts Vermont man of attempted murder of 3 Palestinian students
Philadelphia Inquirer

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    “He stared ahead blankly as the verdict was read. Awartani and Aliahmad, sitting in the front row of the courtroom gallery, smiled and hugged people around them.”
    — Courtroom observation

    1. 22 outlets first by Philadelphia Inquirer, 2d ago · also Boston Globe, VTDigger, Al Jazeera, NY Post, Independent UK, Al-Monitor +15 · read ↗

    • A jury in Vermont, US has convicted Jason Eaton of three counts of attempted second-degree murder for the November 2023 shooting of three Palestinian college students. The verdict follows a week-long trial where jurors rejected Eaton's insanity defence.

      @AJEnglishX1d ago435▲view on X ↗
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    • pbsnews.org

      A jury on Monday convicted a Vermont man of attempted murder in the shootings of three Palestinian college students who were walking near his home, rejecting an insanity defense rooted in his claims that he was acting on orders from the CIA and Mossad.

      pbsnews.orgBluesky2d ago169▲view on Bluesky ↗
    • QudsNen@mastodon.neometropolis.net

      The man charged with shooting three young Palestinian college students in 2023 in the US state of Vermont was found guilty of three counts of attempted second-degree murder on Monday. The man said he was acting on orders from Mossad and CIA. https:// qudsnen.com/share/68378 # Israel # Palestine # Gaza # Mossad # Palestinian

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  2. background

    Jason Eaton shoots three Palestinian students near University of Vermont — Eaton opened fire on Hisham Awartani, Tahseen Aliahmad, and Kinnan Abdalhamid as they walked near the University of Vermont campus in Burlington on November 25, 2023, a few days after Thanksgiving. Awartani was left paralyzed from the waist down; the other two were wounded.

  3. background

    Shooting spawns calls for hate crime investigation — The attack, occurring weeks after the start of the Israel-Hamas war, generated calls for a hate crime investigation. However, no hate crime charges were filed as questions persisted about the motive—whether anti-Palestinian animus, mental illness, or something else drove the attack.

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