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Utah: Hundreds Protest Police Shooting of 17-Year-Old Somali Refugee

HeadlineMar 01, 2016

In Salt Lake City, Utah, hundreds took to the streets demanding answers after police shot and critically injured a 17-year-old Somali refugee. The teen, Abdi Mohamed, was shot twice in the torso. Police say he and another person attacked someone with metal sticks and refused calls to drop them; the victim of the alleged beating did not require medical care. Police have so far refused to release footage from the officers’ body cameras.

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