A Connecticut state representative was assaulted after attending a service marking Eid al-Adha in downtown Hartford on Wednesday, police and officials said.
"My heart is with Rep. Maryam Khan who was attacked today after attending Eid al-Adha services with her family," Gov. Ned Lamont said in a statement shared on Twitter.
"It's disturbing to me that this happened on a holy day meant to be marked with peaceful prayer," he said.
Hartford police told NBC Connecticut that a 30-year-old man identified as Andrey Desmond, of New Britain, had been arrested in connection with the incident.
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Officers were initially called to the downtown Hartford area at around 11 a.m. ET after receiving a report that a man had assaulted a woman, police said. They arrived to find the man had been detained by civilian bystanders and later arrested him.
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