Rochester Man Arrested for Attempted Stabbing at Mosque

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

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(ABC 6 NEWS) – A Rochester man is in custody after a dispute while he was waiting in line to get food at the downtown Mosque.

Police say they received a call on Sunday night about a man being impatient at the Masjed Abubakar Siddiq Mosque on North Broadway.

Police say Abbas Abdirahman Mohamed threw a chair at a server, then tried to stab a volunteer several times with a knife. When police arrived, they say Mohamed had left the scene.

The following night officers arrived at the 500 block of 3rd Avenue SE and spotted Mohamed outside of a building. Authorities says when they arrested Mohamed, they found steak knives in his backpack.

Mohamed is facing potential charges of second degree assault and disorderly conduct.

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