'Trump will get rid of you,' man rages in 'attack' on Muslim woman at JFK

Ms Khan asked Rhodes what she had done to him and he replied: "You did nothing."

'Trump will get rid of you,' man rages in 'attack' on Muslim woman at JFK

A man kicked and hurled abuse at a Muslim woman airline employee at New York's John F Kennedy Airport, telling her new US president Donald Trump "will get rid of all of you", authorities have said.

Queens District Attorney's Office said Robin Rhodes, of Worchester, Massachusetts, had arrived from Aruba and was waiting for a connecting flight to his home state on Wednesday night, when he approached Delta employee Rabeeya Khan, who wears a hijab, while she was in her office.

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