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2017 Portland train attack

The word “terror” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in October 6, 2023. Today the opening carries none. 9 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
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Racially-motivated harassment and stabbing on a train in Portland, Oregon On May 26, 2017, Jeremy Joseph Christian fatally stabbed two men and injured a third after he was confronted for shouting racist and anti-Muslim slurs at two black teenagers, Destinee Mangum and Walia Mohamed, on a MAX Light Rail train in Portland, Oregon . Two of the victims, Ricky John Best of Happy Valley and Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche of Portland, were killed; the third victim, Micah David-Cole Fletcher, survived serious wounds. Christian, a terrorist, was arrested and indicted soon after the attack on charges of murder, attempted murder, and other crimes, including a separate hate-crime assault the day before the fatal attack. In February 2020, following a jury trial , Christian was found guilty on all counts. Christian was sentenced on June 24, 2020, to two life terms without parole. The attack was widely condemned by the Portland community, politicians, and civil rights groups, some of which said it represented a rise in hate speech , racism , and Islamophobic incidents in the United States . "In wake of attack, Portland coalition hopes to show most stand against racism, islamophobia" . A coalition of Portland community groups plan to hold a large rally downtown Sunday to stand against what they see as growing far-right extremism, racism and islamophobia in the city.

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