CAIR-MN calls on schools to protect Muslim students after Washington County threat

A Minnesota Islamic leader called Tuesday for heightened protection of Muslim students statewide after a threat was reported toward a Washington County grade school student.

Sheriff Bill Hutton said the incident was under investigation but that there had been no indication so far that a hate crime was committed.

The incident, which reportedly occurred last week, was among several recent episodes in the metro area that were being looked into by the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN).

Parents of a Muslim student at Afton-Lakeland Elementary School told CAIR-MN that on Nov. 11, an older boy at the school threatened to shoot the Muslim student, a third-grader. On Nov. 14, the same boy reportedly brought what Hutton described as a replica firearm on board a school bus.

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