Detectives believe Kawthar Ali and another Muslim woman were targeted on Thursday as part of a "prejudice-motivated" attack. Kawthar Ali had just sat down to have lunch with her friend and four ...

The 27-year-old mother of two, who wears a hijab, said the attack happened at 1pm last Thursday at Epping Plaza in Melbourne's north, and she believed it was because she was Muslim. She was one of ...