STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Authorities in Ohio report another attack on an Amish man whose hair and beard
were cut.
Jefferson
County Sheriff Fred Abdalla says the elderly man was attacked Wednesday
while visiting his son in a community that’s home to five suspects
charged in an earlier beard-cutting attack linked to religious
differences.
The sheriff tells media outlets in Steubenville that
the Ashland County man had been invited to visit his son. Abdalla warned
the son in advance that he didn’t want trouble.
The sheriff says the victim approached him after the attack and said he was scared and upset but would
not press charges.
Cutting the hair or beard would be considered insulting among Amish.
Authorities in Carroll, Holmes and Trumbull counties are investigating similar alleged attacks.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Authorities in Ohio report another attack on an Amish man whose hair and beard
were cut.
Jefferson
County Sheriff Fred Abdalla says the elderly man was attacked Wednesday
while visiting his son in a community that’s home to five suspects
charged in an earlier beard-cutting attack linked to religious
differences.
The sheriff tells media outlets in Steubenville that
the Ashland County man had been invited to visit his son. Abdalla warned
the son in advance that he didn’t want trouble.
The sheriff says the victim approached him after the attack and said he was scared and upset but would
not press charges.
Cutting the hair or beard would be considered insulting among Amish.
Authorities in Carroll, Holmes and Trumbull counties are investigating similar alleged attacks.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.