Rep. Ilhan Omar Assaulted: Man Arrested After Spraying Liquid at Town Hall
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During a town hall in Minneapolis on Tuesday, a man charged the podium where Rep. Ilhan Omar was giving remarks, appeared to squirt a liquid at her and was then tackled to the ground by a security guard after a brief struggle.
The man was arrested and booked into Hennepin County Jail for third-degree assault, Minneapolis police saeid.
The department said its officers were at the town hall for the event and observed a man use a syringe to spray an unknown liquid on to the congresswoman.
The disturbance comes amid tensions in Minneapolis between local officials and the Trump governance over the immigration crackdown in the city that has seen two U.S. citizens killed in shootings involving federal agents.
Shortly before the man charged the podium, Omar called for abolishing immigration and Customs Enforcement.