Muslim teenager who claimed Trump supporters called her a 'terrorist' and tried to take off her hijab in New York subway attack is arrested for 'making the story up' 

  • Yasmin Seweid, 18, was arrested on Wednesday for filing a false police report
  • She claimed she was attacked by three Donald Trump supporters in New York
  • Seweid told police she was called a 'terrorist' on a subway train on December 1
  • College student later posted about the 'traumatizing' ordeal on Facebook
  • Police have charged Seweid after she admitted to lying about whole ordeal 

By Emily Crane For Dailymail.com

Published: 17:59 EST, 14 December 2016 | Updated: 22:50 EST, 14 December 2016

A Muslim teenager who claimed she was called a terrorist and attacked by Donald Trump supporters on a New York subway train apparently lied about the whole story.

Yasmin Seweid, 18, was arrested by police on Wednesday for filing a false report and admitting she lied about the so-called attack.

Seweid, who is a student at New York's Baruch College, initially told police she was harassed by three men when she got on a train at the 23rd Street station in Manhattan on December 1.

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Yasmin Seweid, 18, was arrested by police on Wednesday for filing a false report after she claimed she was called a terrorist by Donald Trump supporters on a New York subway train

She claimed the drunken white men taunted her, telling her 'you don't belong here' and referred to her hijab as a 'rag.'

Seweid also reported that one of the men grabbed her bag, breaking the strap, and another tried to take off her hijab before she fled the train at Grand Central Station to try and flag down police.

She posted about the 'traumatizing' ordeal on Facebook and it quickly went viral.

'No matter how 'cultured' or 'Americanized' I am, these people don't see me as an American,' she wrote.

'It breaks my heart that so many individuals chose to be bystanders while watching me get harassed verbally and physically by these disgusting pigs.'

Police originally investigated the case as an anti-Muslim bias incident and spent significant resources trying to track down those responsible. 

She wrote a Facebook post on December 1 detailing an incident in which she was harassed by men who called her a 'terrorist'

Seweid reported that one of the men grabbed her bag, breaking the strap, and another tried to take off her hijab before she fled the train at Grand Central Station to try and flag down police

Authorities looked at surveillance footage but could not find evidence to corroborate Seweid's story.  

Seweid finally admitted to police on Tuesday that she had fabricated the story, saying she wanted to get attention because she was having family issues at home. 

She was charged with filing a false report and obstructing governmental administration.

The teenager went missing for several days after the ordeal and was reported missing by her father Sayeed Seweid. 

He was shocked to learn of her arrest, according to DNA Info.  

'You try to raise your children as best you can. Maybe she was afraid that night. She was running late,' he said.

'She's a bright, good girl. She's young and maybe she was foolish here. Young kids, you know, you don't understand their mentality.'

Seweid, who is a student at New York's Baruch College, initially told police she was harassed by three men when she got on a train at the 23rd Street station (pictured) on December 1

  

 

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