Woman charged with hate crime after allegedly trying to snatch teen's hijab

Key points

• A 66-year-old woman has been charged with a hate crime after allegedly trying to snatch a teenage girl's hijab at Manly, in Brisbane's bayside. The woman, from Lakeland in far north Queensland, is accused of twice verbally harassing a group of people on February 21 at Bayside Park.
• It is also alleged she tried to remove a hijab from a teenager in the group.
• On September 22, counter terrorism police searched a Manly property and charged her with common assault with a serious vilification or hate crime circumstance of aggravation.