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Man Charged In Killing Of Muslim Teenager In Virginia

Darwin A. Martinez Torres, 22, is accused of killing Nabra Hassanen of Reston, Va., who was reportedly walking with her friends back to a mosque after getting breakfast early Sunday.
Darwin Martinez Torres

Police have arrested and charged a man in the murder of a Muslim teenaged girl who went missing early Sunday morning in northern Virginia. Authorities haven't released details of how Nabra Hassanen of Reston, Va., died but tweeted that they are not investigating the killing as a hate crime.

Hassanenand four or five others teenagers had left the All Dulles Area , citing accounts from police and a mosque official.

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