"Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was sprayed with an unidentified substance by a man with a syringe on Tuesday as she gave her first in-person town hall of the year in Minneapolis, during which she called for ICE to be abolished for good and DHS secretary Kristi Noem to resign. Omar had only been speaking for a few minutes when a man in the audience got up and began to shout, while spraying her with the liquid."
"Omar walked toward the man after the alleged assault, but he was then swiftly tackled to the ground by a security guard. People inside the North Minneapolis community center gasped as the scene unfolded. Some, such as Minneapolis council member LaTrisha Vetaw, pleaded with Omar to end the town hall early to get checked, due to concerns for her safety because of the unidentified liquid . Omar refused to stop."
Ilhan Omar was sprayed with an unidentified substance by a man carrying a syringe during a Minneapolis town hall where she called for ICE to be abolished and DHS secretary Kristi Noem to resign. The man began shouting and sprayed the liquid, which meeting attendees described as having an acidic smell. Security tackled the man to the ground while attendees gasped and some urged Omar to end the event for safety; Omar continued. The suspect was arrested and booked on third-degree assault, forensics were summoned, and Omar later said she was OK and would not be intimidated.
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