For years, the FBI quietly stopped tracking anti-Arab violence and hate crimes

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The families of three college students of Palestinian descent who were shot over the weekend in Vermont are calling it a crime "fueled by hate." So far, police in Burlington say they don't have information to suggest what the motive for the attack was.

Still, the shooting surfaces long-standing issues in tracking possible hate crimes committed against Arab Americans.

And the question of whether this attack will ultimately be prosecuted as a hate crime is set against an unique and complex history when it comes to tracking anti-Arab violence in the U.S.

What happened in Burlington, Vt.
According to police, the men were speaking a mix of Arabic and English and two of them were wearing Palestinian keffiyah scarves when they were accosted on a residential street in Burlington. But the Burlington Police Department says that so far, it does not have any "statements or remarks by the suspect" that might suggest a motive for the attack. The suspect, a 48-year-old man, has pleaded not guilty to three felony accounts of attempted murder.