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32-year-old Mohamed Mohamed has been arrested in connection with a possible hate crime assault that allegedly took place in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles on Friday, November 23.
According to reports, Mohamed was heard making anti-Semitic remarks after he tried to run over two people near a synagogue in a Jewish neighborhood near La Brea and Oakwood Avenue.
Witnesses at the scene say that Mohamed attempted to hit pedestrians with his car, but missed, causing him to turn around to try and hit them again. After Mohamed missed a second time, he hit another vehicle as he fled the scene, totaling both cars.
Mohamed was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon on Monday, November 26. At the time of this writing, he was being held on $55,000 bail.
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