Swelling by 17 percent last year, hate crimes in the United States marked the largest increase in more than a decade, according to a new report by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI).
Released on Tuesday, the FBI report documented 7,175 hate crimes - at least 15 resulting in murders - across the country in 2017, although the number is likely higher because many agencies do not report such incidents.
Of that total, nearly 60 percent of the incidents saw perpetrators target victims based on their race, ethnicity or ancestry, while one-fifth included individuals targeted owing to anti-religious bias.
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