Aya Hachems death recives Islamaphobia online
On Sunday 17th of May, 19 year old Lebanese Muslim Aya Hachem was shot and tragically killed in Blackburn where she lived with her family. The young Muslim woman was shot by a passing car outside Lidl where Aya was shopping. She was immediately taken to hospital where she died. The car from which shots were fired is a light coloured Toyota, which was reportedly seen quickly leaving the scene, and recovered shortly after,abandoned. Lancashire Police are looking into the case, and currently have sixincustody on suspicion of involvement in the shooting, including three brothers who supposedly had a business feud with a car wash company near by which they were aiming at. Lancashire Police have said: 'There is no evidence to suggest Aya was the intended target of this attack and every indication is that she was an innocent passerby.' The force also made clear that this incident is NOT being treated as terror related nor do they believe it is 'racially motivated.' Aya Hachem
