Australian police charge woman over assault of Muslims at shopping centre - Police allege suspect targeted the two women because of their head coverings

Australian police have charged a 31-year-old woman for assaulting two Muslim women at a shopping centre in Melbourne last week. The woman from Pascoe Vale suburb is due in court on Wednesday, where it will be alleged that she targeted the two victims on 13 February because of their head coverings, local media report.

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday condemned a "reprehensible" assault on two Muslim women at a shopping centre, rejecting criticism that Islamophobia was treated less seriously than anti-Semitism.

He rejected criticism that Islamophobia was treated less seriously than anti-Semitism. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A 31-year-old Pascoe Vale woman is charged with assaulting two Muslim women at an Epping shopping centre in Melbourne's north last week.

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A woman has been charged after two Muslim women were allegedly assaulted at a shopping complex in Melbourne last week.