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Chaos broke out in Los Angeles on Sunday when a man drove a U-Haul truck into a crowd protest be opposed to iranian government, the police said.
The incident occurred around 3:30 pm local time near the federal building in the city’s Westwood neighborhood. ABC7 Report.
Video of the incident shows protesters trying to pull the suspect out of the car after the collision. Los Angeles Times. Protesters continued to violently attack the suspect as police escorted him away.
A sign reading “No Shah. No regime. America: Don’t repeat 1953. No mullahs” was later torn from the truck, the outlet reported.
police told Associated Press The truck struck one person, but no one was seriously injured.
Two other people were evaluated by paramedics, but both refused treatment, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.
The unnamed driver of the truck was injured following the collision and “has been detained pending further investigation,” Los Angeles Police Chief Richard Gabaldon said at a news conference on Sunday.
In a statement posted toFirst Assistant to the United States Attorney. Bill Essaly said the Justice Department was aware of the incident and “the FBI is on scene working with the Los Angeles Police Department to determine the driver’s motive.”
Abraham Moe, his wife and daughters Sanaz and Kiana told the media era They saw the U-Haul in the crowd and “when people started screaming, they knew something was wrong.”
The protest “quickly turned into scenes of fear and chaos,” the outlet said.
However, no other injuries were reported. Police eventually issued dispersal orders, and by 5 p.m., only about a hundred protesters remained in the area, ABC7 reported.
Activists say they will crack down Nationwide protests in Iran More than 530 people have died. Protesters once again flooded the streets of Iran’s capital Tehran and its second city on Sunday.
Los Angeles is Largest iranian community Outside Iran.
