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A Muslim student who claimed she was harassed on the New York subway by three drunk men shouting "Donald Trump" has been charged for making the story up.

Yasmin Seweid, 18, has been charged with filing a false report after claiming she was referred to as a terrorist and subjected to the men trying to rip her hijab off her head.

She admitted the ruse to detectives after repeatedly standing by her story initially, it has been reported.

Seweid had claimed she was on her way home from college when three white men started hurling abuse at her, calling her a terrorist and telling her "go back to your country”.

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They reportedly ripped the straps from her bag and referred to her religious head wear as a “rag”.

A police source told The New York Daily News: “This isn’t something we normally like to do but she had numerous opportunities to admit nothing happened and she kept sticking by her story,” the source said.

“We dedicated a lot of resources to this — and don’t get me wrong, this is what we do — but we had guys going back and forth, looking for video and witnesses.

"And we couldn't find anything."

She blamed family problems for her mistake, it was reported.

Posting on her Facebook page after the supposed ordeal, Miss Seweid had said: “I was harassed on the subway last night and it was just so dehumanising I can't speak about it without getting emotional.

“Three white racists ripped the straps off my bag and attempted to yank my hijab off my head.

“They yelled such disgusting slurs at me, I was so helpless and felt defenceless.

‘Look it's a f****** terrorist’, ‘go back to your country’, ‘take that rag off your head’, and so many more.”

She later told the Daily News: “I was very shaken up ... I’m definitely traumatised. “I’m really scared.”

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The student, who was born in Brooklyn to Egyptian parents, claimed she was heartbroken that so many people stood by and let the attack happen with not a single person stepping in to defend her.

She elaborated on her point to the Daily News, adding: “It made me really sad afterwards when I thought about it.

"People were looking at me and looking at what was happening and no one said a thing. They just looked away.”

Miss Seweid claimed she left an event at Baruch College, part of The City University of New York (CUNY), at about 10pm and was travelling home on the East Side subway.

She got off the train at Grand Central Terminal where she called her dad and they reported the alleged attack to police.

Her father Sayeed Seweid, 55, had been furious that no-one stepped in to help his daughter.

He told the American newspaper: “Nobody even offered to help an 18-year-old girl. That means something. Her phone was dying. You offer help — it doesn’t matter the race, religion, or the country.”