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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:03 pmhttp://wcco.com/crime/taxi.driver.attac ... 42258.html
Police: Cabbie Attacked By Passenger With Ax
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) ― A taxi cab driver was attacked by a passenger in North Minneapolis early Thursday morning.
A dispatcher with Blue and White Taxi says Mohammed Farahid was attacked around 12:15 a.m. Farahid was robbed by a male passenger who then hit the driver with an ax.
The dispatcher says Farahid had fled his cab, fallen down and broken his hand when he was attacked. He was able to call for help.
Police said they were called to 24th Street and Colfax Avenue North, and said Farahid and the passenger had gotten into an argument before the attack.
The suspect, described by police as a black man in his late 20s, fled the scene.
Farahid is awaiting surgery at North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale, where he was reported as being in fair condition.
Police are still investigating the incident.
Police: Cabbie Attacked By Passenger With Ax
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) ― A taxi cab driver was attacked by a passenger in North Minneapolis early Thursday morning.
A dispatcher with Blue and White Taxi says Mohammed Farahid was attacked around 12:15 a.m. Farahid was robbed by a male passenger who then hit the driver with an ax.
The dispatcher says Farahid had fled his cab, fallen down and broken his hand when he was attacked. He was able to call for help.
Police said they were called to 24th Street and Colfax Avenue North, and said Farahid and the passenger had gotten into an argument before the attack.
The suspect, described by police as a black man in his late 20s, fled the scene.
Farahid is awaiting surgery at North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale, where he was reported as being in fair condition.
Police are still investigating the incident.
