AKIPRESS.COM - Police in northern Virginia, U.S. say a man fatally beat a Muslim teenager with a bat during a weekend road-rage incident, CNN reported.

But there's no evidence the death of Nabra Hassanen, 17, who was attacked early Sunday as she and a group of teenagers walked back to a mosque, was a hate crime, authorities in Fairfax County said. Police said they could file appropriate charges if they later find the crime was motivated by hate.

The Reston teenager's father said he believes Nabra was killed because she was wearing an abaya, a traditional black cloak.

Police say Darwin Martinez Torres, of Sterling saw the group walking and riding bicycles in the street and on the sidewalk. Torres became so enraged after arguing with one teen he drove up on a curb, police said. He later found the group in a nearby parking lot, chased them on foot with a baseball bat and allegedly beat Nabra.

Torres, 22, put the injured teen in his car, officials said. Her body was found Sunday evening in Loudoun County.

"There is nothing at this point to indicate that this tragic case was a hate crime," said Julie Parker, a spokeswoman for the Fairfax County Police Department.

Nabra died from blunt-force trauma to the head and neck, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Northern Virginia said.

Less than two hours after the incident, Fairfax County police arrested Torres in a traffic stop after an officer noticed what he believed to be the car involved in the incident, police said. Torres has been charged with murder.