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Posted: 2017-06-19T05:48:12Z | Updated: 2017-06-19T22:36:35Z

A Virginia man was charged with murdering a Muslim teenager he allegedly confronted near a mosque in Sterling.

Fairfax County Police identified the suspect as Darwin A. Martinez Torres, a 22-year-old Sterling resident.

Police believe the incident was prompted by road rage. They are not currently investigating the death as a hate crime.

The victim, identified by relatives to The Washington Post as Nabra Hassanen , 17, was walking with her friends near the All Dulles Area Muslim Society Center about 4 a.m. on Sunday after Ramadan prayers when the group allegedly got into some kind of dispute with Martinez Torres, who reportedly drove past in a car.

The friends told authorities that Torres then exited his car, brandishing a baseball bat. The teens scattered when he allegedly attacked Hassanen. Once the friends regrouped at the religious center, mosque officials contacted police.