A lawyer for Seweid could not be reached immediately for comment.The false report comes as US civil rights advocates have voiced alarm over a rise in attacks on Muslims and other minorities since Trump won the Nov. 8 presidential election.The president-elect has said he supports "extreme vetting" of Muslims entering the United States as a national security measure and had called for a ban on Muslim immigrants.An off-duty New York City policewoman also wearing a traditional Muslim head scarf said this month that a man lunged at her son and accused her of having ties to the Islamic State militant group, prompting city officials to vow swift prosecution of hate crimes. Seweid had told police and local media she was on her way home from an event at Baruch College in Manhattan on Dec. 1 when three drunken white men taunted her and one tried to rip off her hijab.Yasmin Seweid. 18. Born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Business major, Baruch College. Hate crime survivor, Manhattan. pic.twitter.com/RNwme4jbYu
— Porochista Khakpour (@PKhakpour) December 3, 2016
Baruch, where Seweid is a student, said on Thursday it would review her status there. Other riders on the subway train looked away during the attack and refused to help her, Seweid had said.Police were unable to confirm her story and she recanted this week, saying she made it up because she was having problems with her family, according to the news website DNAinfo, which reported on Wednesday she was being charged.Muslim teen Yasmin Seweid arrested for lying about subway attack https://t.co/27kPso1oog via @MailOnline
— Bo Snerdley (@BoSnerdley) December 15, 2016