A young woman who witnessed three Muslim women being threatened on a Melbourne train claimed police were reluctant to investigate the incident and only took it seriously when she vented her anger on Twitter. Law student Dana Affleck, 24, was on a train in Melbourne last Thursday just before 6pm when she witnessed a man screaming, threatening and banging on a window when he saw three elderly Muslim women wearing veils. ‘He was standing up and screaming abuse the entire time he was on the train, as soon as he saw the three women in veils,’ Ms Affleck told Daily Mail Australia.
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Woman witnessed three Muslim women being abused on a Melbourne train
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The man was 'terrifying', 'screaming' abuse and smacking the glass doors
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Dana Affleck called East Melbourne Police Station to make report
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When she called the station the next day, there was no record of her report
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Ms Affleck, 24, launched a Twitter campaign to raise awareness
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She was finally contacted by Victoria police on Monday after Thursday's attack
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