A Connecticut state representative was assaulted after attending a service marking Eid al-Adha in downtown Hartford, police and officials say.
"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 "It's disturbing to me that this happened on a holy day meant to be marked with peaceful prayer," he said. that a 30-year-old man identified as Andrey Desmond, of New Britain, had been arrested in connection with the incident. Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter.
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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