Vermont man guilty of attempted murder for shooting three Palestinians

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A Vermont jury convicted Jason Eaton, 51, of attempted murder for shooting three Palestinian university students in November 2023, rejecting his insanity defense. Eaton believed he was instructed by government agencies to carry out the attack, which left one student paralyzed and the other two wounded amid rising Islamophobia in the US.

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The shooting in November 2023 came amid a rise in Islamophobia and antisemitism following the start of the Israel-Gaza war.

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