According to Bloomington Police, a Muslim woman was sitting at the café with her 9-year-old daughter when a man began shouting derogatory phrases and ethnic slurs at the woman.
On Monday, the FBI was made aware of the attack. According to FBI spokeswoman Wendy Osborne:
“FBI has been made aware of the situation, and they’re in a research and information gathering mode. They are checking to see if Federal law has been violated. If that’s the case, they will open a Civil Rights case.”
Indiana University released this statement about the attack:
“Indiana University is aware of the horrifying incident involving one of our students and a member of the Bloomington Muslim community over the weekend.
This type of abhorrent behavior is not representative of our students, nor of the culture of inclusion and tolerance so many people at the university and in the Bloomington community have worked so hard to foster. The university is closely monitoring the Bloomington Police investigation into this matter, and IU Bloomington Provost Lauren Robel has instructed the Dean of Students office to conduct its own investigation into the incident.”
