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Terrorist threat charges filed in courthouse encounter

By: Associated Press//June 21, 2017//

Terrorist threat charges filed in courthouse encounter

By: Associated Press//June 21, 2017//

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Officers with the City of Milwaukee Police Department look over a van parked in front of the United States Federal Building and Courthouse 517 East Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee. The van was left in front of the courthouse by a 32-year-old man who was arrested after running into the federal courthouse and made threats Thursday afternoon. (Staff photo by Kevin Harnack)
Officers with the City of Milwaukee Police Department look over a van belonging to Mohamad Hamdan on June 15. The van was left in front of the federal courthouse by the 32-year-old man, who was arrested after running into the federal courthouse and made threats. (File photo by Kevin Harnack)

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Charges have been filed against a man accused of making terrorist threats at the federal courthouse in Milwaukee.

According to a criminal complaint, 32-year-old Mohamad Hamdan walked into the courthouse June 15 and began yelling in Arabic and English and demanded to see a U.S. marshal. It says Hamdan was given repeated warnings to leave the area after being escorted out of the courthouse, but responded with obscenities and racial slurs.

The complaint says that as Hamdan got into a van parked illegally in front of the courthouse and said he would kill everyone, then yelled “bomb.” Prosecutors say marshals pulled Hamdan from the van as he resisted and handcuffed him.

Traffic around the courthouse was shut down as a bomb-sniffing dog was brought to the scene. Court records do not list an attorney for Hamdan.

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