A 19-year-old Indiana University student is under arrest for attacking a Muslim woman in public.

NBC News reports that Triceten Bickford accosted the 47-year-old woman and her 9-year-old daughter in a cafe in Bloomington, Indiana on Saturday. Witnesses say Bickford attempted to take off the victim's headscarf and shouted racist slurs. He also screamed "white power" and "kill them all."

The victim's husband was able to subdue Bickford until authorities arrived.

The victim, name undisclosed, is a Turkish immigrant. She told local NBC affiliate WTHR that she had never experienced that type of discrimination in her 18 years in the U.S.

"That never happened in my life. He pulled my scarf off, and, if I didn't grab his hands, he could have killed me," she said.

According to the court affidavit, the suspect also spit in the husband's face and at others, issued death threats, and bit the police officers at the Monroe Country Jail.

Bickford said he had no memory of the event. He claimed the incident occurred because he was off his anti-anxiety medication and had been drinking heavily. A police report put the suspect's blood alcohol level at .19, over twice the legal limit.

"They're making me out to be a monster. I'm just a normal person," Bickford said. He also apologized to the victim for his actions.

"I'm so sorry to that woman. I have no idea who she is, but words can't explain how much that -- I've never hurt someone like that before," he added.

Indiana University spokesperson Mark Land said that Bickford was dismissed from the school. IU released a statement, saying, "This type of abhorrent behavior is not representative of our students, nor of the culture of inclusion and tolerance so many people at the university and in the Bloomington community have worked so hard to foster."

Bickford is facing six charges, including a felony for strangulation and battery of a police officer. The FBI is currently investigating the incident, with the possibility that charges could be raised to a federal hate crime.

Bickford was released on $500 bail, an amount that the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has deemed too lenient.

"This just seems very low bail for the severity of the allegation. It's some indication that they're not taking this seriously," CAIR communications director Ibrahim Hooper said. "Indiana is one of the few states that doesn't have hate crime legislations. In lieu of that, we would hope that the prosecutors would apply the full weight of the law and not just treat it as a minor situation. If a Muslim person was the alleged perpetrator, it would be a completely different situation."