Islamic group: Muslim man beaten outside Omar Mateen’s mosque in Ft. Pierce
An Islamic civil rights group said a Muslim man was beaten Saturday outside the Fort Pierce Islamic Center that Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen had attended. The incident comes as the group says local authorities ignored requests for increased security, despite numerous threats.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations released a statement saying a white truck stopped at the mosque at 4:15 a.m. Saturday and that a man made racial slurs, saying “You Muslims need to get back to your country.” The statement by the group, also known as CAIR, said the man beat the victim, causing head trauma and knocking out a tooth. The victim wasn’t identified and it wasn’t clear if he was hospitalized.
St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to emails and multiple phone messages left Saturday.
The incident comes after the Islamic group says the sheriff’s office has repeatedly ignored pleas to tighten security since Mateen fatally shot 49 people at a nightclub two weeks ago. The group says mosques around the state have received multiple threats and acts of intimidation, including a motorcycle group that repeatedly circled the Fort Pierce mosque in an attempt to intimidate worshippers and an Orlando mosque that was vandalized.
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