Utah man indicted on hate crime charge over stabbing of Muslim worker
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A Utah man has been indicted on a federal hate-crime charge after buying a knife at a mall near Salt Lake City and stabbing a Muslim employee multiple times, including in the neck, according to prosecutors. Bystanders subdued the attacker and held him until police arrived.
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The suspect accused of stabbing a man at Valley Fair Mall after learning he was Muslim has now been charged with a federal hate crime, in addition to state charges.
A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted Peter Larsen on a hate crime charge for allegedly stabbing a Muslim worker inside a West Valley City mall because of his religion. Forty-eight-year-old Larsen, of Orem, Utah had been charged with two counts of attempted aggravated murder and one count of cond…
A Utah man has been indicted on a federal hate-crime charge after buying a knife at a mall near Salt Lake City and stabbing a Muslim employee multiple times, including in the neck, according to prosecutors. Bystanders subdued the attacker and held him until police arrived.
