Man held for allegedly stabbing worshipper near mosque
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — A man has been arrested on suspicion of committing a hate crime after police say he stabbed a worshipper near a Simi Valley mosque.
Police said reports of people fighting sent them to a shopping center parking lot near the mosque around 11:15 p.m. Saturday. Officers separated the combatants and found that one person had been stabbed.
The fight began after a man confronted a worshipper and got into a verbal dispute, police said.