train: Authorities say Jeremy Joseph Christian started verbally abusing two young women, including one wearing a hijab, according to Toronto Star. When three men on the train intervened, police say, Christian attacked them, killing two and wounding one. The attack aboard a light-rail train happened Friday, the first day of Ramadan, the holiest time of the year for Muslims. Court documents released Tuesday for the first time mentioned a fourth man who was the first to intervene and was not attacked, but they did not identify him by his full name. He has been appointed public defenders. Christian, 35, was defiant during his brief initial court appearance Tuesday, shouting You call it terrorism, I call it patriotism! Read more Article Continued Below Suspect in Portland stabbings ranted about Muslims, police say react-text 153 Jeremy Joseph Christian shouts as he is arraigned in Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland, Ore., on Tuesday. /react-text Beth Nakamura / The Associated Press Portland Muslims thankful for support after deadly attack, will raise money for victims He made repeated outbursts, saying, You've got no safe place! and Death to the enemies of America! react-empty 163 Christian, who faces aggravated murder and other charges, didn't enter a plea.
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