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Muslim Man Attacked In Apparent Hate Crime
POSTED: 9:27 pm PDT June 30, 2004
SAN DIEGO -- A Washington, D.C., advocacy group said a Muslim man reported being attacked outside a Mira Mesa grocery store Wednesday by a man who screamed racial slurs.
According to the alleged victim, the assailant jumped him outside a Ralphs around 1 a.m., punching him in the face and knocking out a front tooth, reported the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
A CAIR news release said that during the attack, the aggressor shouted threats and epithets, at one point saying, "You (expletive) Arab ... get out of my country."
CAIR officials, who did not release the Muslim man's
name, said they are urging San Diego police and the FBI to investigate the incident as a hate crime.
Law enforcement authorities were not immediately available for comment.
http://www.nbcsandiego.com
/news/3480562/detail.html
POSTED: 9:27 pm PDT June 30, 2004
SAN DIEGO -- A Washington, D.C., advocacy group said a Muslim man reported being attacked outside a Mira Mesa grocery store Wednesday by a man who screamed racial slurs.
According to the alleged victim, the assailant jumped him outside a Ralphs around 1 a.m., punching him in the face and knocking out a front tooth, reported the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
A CAIR news release said that during the attack, the aggressor shouted threats and epithets, at one point saying, "You (expletive) Arab ... get out of my country."
CAIR officials, who did not release the Muslim man's
name, said they are urging San Diego police and the FBI to investigate the incident as a hate crime.
Law enforcement authorities were not immediately available for comment.
http://www.nbcsandiego.com
/news/3480562/detail.html