Ex-federal official arrested for hate crime

CARLSBAD, California — New York police on Wednesday arrested a former US State Department official, after he was captured on video calling an Egyptian halal street vendor a "terrorist" and saying the killing of 4,000 Palestinian children "wasn't enough".

Stuart Seldowitz, 64, was arrested on charges of aggravated harassment, hate-crime stalking, stalking causing fear, and stalking at a place of employment, police said in a statement.

"A 24-year-old male victim stated to police that an individual approached him at his workplace multiple times and made anti-Islamic statements multiple times on different dates causing the victim to feel afraid and annoyed," police said.