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Shrai Popat in Minneapolis

Justice department charges man accused of attacking Ilhan Omar at town hall

a women and a men facing each other
A man is detained by security after spraying Ilhan Omar with a liquid during a town hall event in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 27 January 2026. Photograph: Steven Garcia/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

The Department of Justice has filed federal charges against the man accused of attacking Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar at a town hall in Minneapolis on Tuesday. In newly filed court documents, a “close associate” told investigators that the alleged attacker previously said that someone “should kill” the Minnesota lawmaker.

Local police arrested and booked Anthony James Kazmierczak, 55, for third-degree assault after he appeared to spray Omar with an acidic-smelling liquid from a syringe as she addressed constituents from a lectern.

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