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Story summary
- Imam Ismet Purdic, a Muslim community leader, says he and his wife were attacked by three people in a hatchback who yelled racist slurs and forced them off the road in Melbourne.
- Police arrested the suspects after witnesses intervened, including Brendan Nicholls, who faces assault charges.
- Purdic says the attack raises fear in the Muslim community, especially among women.
- Victoria Police and Ingrid Stitt, Multicultural Affairs Minister, condemned the incident.
