Man Who Stabbed Muslim Cabbie Indicted On Hate Crime Charges
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The man accused of slashing a Muslim taxi driver last week was formally indicted on hate crime charges Monday.
Prosecutors say Michael Enright, 21, also waived his right to appear at a court hearing in Manhattan.
Enright is now set to be arraigned next month on attempted murder and assault -- both as hate crimes.
He's being held without bail in a psychiatric ward.
Prosecutors say a drunken Enright greeted the cabbie in Arabic, proclaimed "consider this a checkpoint" and then slashed the driver's throat, arm and lip.
Enright traveled to Afghanistan last spring with a group that seeks to promote interfaith understanding.