Police: Student says 2 men assaulted her, stole headscarf

The 18-year-old woman told investigators she was walking near the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's campus Wednesday morning — hours after Donald Trump's presidential victory — when she was accosted by two white men who drove up in a gray sedan, Lafayette police said in a statement.

The university's police department issued a statement notifying staff and students about the student's reported attack.

In a separate statement that didn't mention the incident, university president E. Joseph Savoie called for unity after a "long, contentious presidential campaign."

Kareem Attia, a 23-year-old graduate student who is president of the university's Muslim Student Association, said he didn't want to jump to any conclusions about whether the election results inspired the alleged attack.