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CAIR wants BMW plant incident investigated as hate crime
A Muslim man at the BMW plant in Greer told authorities a co-worker threatened to cut his throat. Sixty-five-year-old Abdulwahab Ahmed has filed a complaint with the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office. His report has prompted a national Islamic group to ask that the incident be investigated as a possible hate crime. Ahmed says a man approached him in a restroom at the plant and held a box cutter to his throat. The Council on American-Islamic Relations says Ahmed also claims other plant employees repeatedly made anti-Muslim comments, including a statement that Muslims "should all be killed." Spartanburg County sheriff's spokesman Major Dan Johnson says authorities are not calling the incident a hate crime at this point, but are investigating. BMW says it's cooperating with authorities in the case. The company says the two men involved in the bathroom incident were employees of a plant subcontractor, were business partners in the past and had a long personal history. Posted by: ryuge 2007-04-05 |
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