Two of the three Palestinian students shot in Vermont in November revealed more details about the attack in a new interview, saying they believe the gunman had seen them before and sought them out because of their heritage.

The two men Hisham Awartani and Kinnan Abdalhamid, both 20 recounted the Nov. 25 shooting in an interview out Wednesday with NBC News .

Its odd because it happened in Burlington, Vermont. Its not odd because it happened, full stop, Awartani said. In the West Bank growing up, its just something thats normal. Like, so many unarmed young men getting shot by the Israeli army, and theyre just left to bleed out.

Awartani, Abdalhamid and the third victim, Tahseen Ali Ahmad, all grew up in Palestines West Bank and are enrolled in universities in Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania and Connecticut, respectively. They were visiting Awartanis grandmother over the Thanksgiving break when, upon returning home from a birthday party, a shooter fired at them from a neighboring porch.

The two men said they believe the shooter had seen them earlier wearing Palestinian keffiyehs and was waiting for them on the day of the shooting.

I dont know why hed have a loaded pistol and stand on the porch, Abdalhamid said.