FAIRFAX COUNTY, Virginia -- A 17-year-old Muslim girl was found dead after a confrontation near a mosque and police have arrested a 22-year-old male suspect, reports say.

The Fairfax County Police Department said in a news release it had arrested Darwin A. Martinez Torres, of Sterling, Va., on a warrant for murder.

Police say the girl was walking with a group of friends when they became involved in a dispute with a man driving by in his car. According to the Washington Post, the girl, identified as Nabra Hassanen of Reston, Va., and her friends had eaten an early breakfast at an IHOP after praying at Ramadan services.

Police tell the Post the other girls ran to the mosque, All Dulles Area Muslim Society, but Nabra was assaulted by Torres. The girl's mother, Sawsan Gazzar, tells the Post that detectives told her that Nabra was struck with a metal bat.

After learning what happened, officials at the mosque called police and search was started for the missing girl.

Nabra's body was found in a pond at about 3 p.m. Sunday, police say. Meanwhile, police already had arrested Torres after an officer spotted a vehicle "driving suspiciously" in the area and stopped it.

"We are devastated and heartbroken as our community undergoes and processes this traumatic event," Rizwan Jaka, chairman of ADAMS, said in a statement to the Post. "It is a time for us to come together to pray and care for our youth."

The investigation is continuing and it's unclear if it was a hate crime, reports say.

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