Somali-American Uber driver brutally assaulted in alleged hate crime in Minnesota

Mohamed Yusuf is fighting for his life after alleged attack by passenger who said he did not like driver’s first name A Somali-American Uber driver was allegedly brutally assaulted by a passenger in Hopkins, Minnesota, on Saturday, in what his family says “appears to be a hate cr

Mohamed Yusuf is fighting for his life after alleged attack by passenger who said he did not like driver’s first name A Somali-American Uber driver was allegedly brutally assaulted by a passenger in Hopkins, Minnesota, on Saturday, in what his family says “appears to be a hate crime”. The driver, Mohamed Yusuf, is currently hospitalized and fighting for his life, his family told the Somali Brief , a digital news site run by two Somali American journalists . The driver’s cousin, Abdinasir Ali told the outlet that the alleged attack took place early Saturday after a passenger in Hopkins, a suburban city south-west of Minneapolis, asked Yusuf’s name and then said he did not like the name Mohamed.

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