US EditionMan tackled to ground after spraying unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar at Minneapolis town hall
- At a Minneapolis town hall Tuesday, a man rushed the podium and sprayed Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., with an unidentified substance while she spoke.
- Moments before the rush, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., urged abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement and called for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign amid heightened tensions between community members and federal government.
- Video recorded by ABC shows a bearded man in a heavy black jacket charging from the front row and appearing to spray a liquid at Rep. Ilhan Omar on Tuesday.
- Security personnel immediately tackled the attacker, tied his arms and led him out in handcuffs as audience members cheered.
- After the man was removed, the town hall continued while event staff urged Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., to `go get checked` because the sprayed substance `smells so bad`, but she said `We will continue.
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The man who hurled at Ilhan Omar was arrested
One man threw an unknown substance on federal representative Ilhan Omar before being subdued during a public assembly held on Tuesday in Minneapolis, where tensions over the federal government's immigration raids have reached a critical point after officers shot dead an intensive care nurse and Renee Good, a mother of three this month.The audience applauded when the man, wearing a black jacket and holding a syringe, was immobilized and manipulat…
A man attacked Mr Ilhan Omar from Minnesota, pulverizing on them an unknown substance with powerful smells, just a few seconds after the democracy asked for the resignation of the secretary charged with Internal Security Christ Noem and requested the ICE defiance, he sent CNN.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Tim Walz, Jacob Frey and More Condemn Town Hall Attack Against Ilhan Omar
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jacob Frey and other politicians took to social media Tuesday evening after Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) faced off against an agitator at a town hall. In a statement released on X, Rep. Omar’s office confirmed that, during the congresswoman’s town hall in North Minneapolis, “an agitator tried to attack [her] by spraying an unknown substance with a syringe.” They added: “Security and the Minneapolis Police Department quickly a…
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