Woman 'attempted to drown 3-year-old girl' in alleged racist attack in Texas | US News

Elizabeth Wolf is charged with attempted murder after allegedly trying to drown the child following an argument with her Palestinian mother.

A woman has been charged with attempted murder after trying to drown a three-year-old girl in an alleged racist attack.

A witness described Elizabeth Wolf as “very drunk” when she allegedly tried to drown the child in a swimming pool following an argument with her. Palestinian mother, police said.

The 42-year-old was first arrested in May at an apartment complex in Euless, in the US state of Texas for public drunkenness.

After a police investigation, she is now charged with attempted murder and injury to a child.

The Texas chapter of the civil rights group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Texas), claimed that Wolf “interrogated” the child's mother.

CAIR-Texas said the mother was wearing a hijab and speaking to her children in a foreign language when Wolf approached her.

Police said after questioning the woman, Wolf allegedly tried to grab her six-year-old son and he was able to escape but suffered a cut finger.

While the woman was helping her son, Wolf allegedly grabbed the woman's three-year-old daughter and forced her into the water.

CAIR-Texas said with the help of a nearby witness, the mother was able to get her daughter to safety before emergency services arrived.

He called on authorities to investigate the incident as a hate crime.

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The group quoted the girl's mother as saying: “We are American citizens, originally from Palestine, and I don't know where to go to feel safe with my children.

“My country is facing a war, and we are facing this hatred here.

“My daughter is traumatized; every time I open the apartment door, she runs away and hides, telling me that she is afraid that the lady will come and submerge her head in the water again.”

Texas State Representative Salman Bhojani said, “I am shocked and appalled by this alleged racist and Islamophobic event that took place in my city.

“Hate has no place in Euless, District 92 or anywhere else in our great state.”