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   (Reuters) - Two men described as leaders of a Philadelphia   
   mosque were accused of trying to cut off the hand of a suspected   
   thief, whose wrist was sliced so deeply it required hospital   
   treatment, police said on Friday.   
      
   The 46-year-old victim said two officials in the mosque accused   
   him of stealing jars of money from the house of worship after   
   morning prayers on Monday.   
      
   The officials, described in police reports as the mosque's imam   
   and amir, dragged the victim to the rear of the mosque, and   
   attempted to chop off his hand with a machete, according to a   
   police statement.   
      
   He sustained a severe laceration to his right wrist, and was   
   transported to a nearby hospital by medics.   
      
   Officers served a search warrant on Thursday on the mosque,   
   located in a house in the city's Overbrook section, where they   
   arrested Merv Mitchell, also known as Mabul Shoatz. They   
   recovered a 2-foot-long machete from the scene.   
      
   The mosque's imam, an unidentified 35-year-old male, has not yet   
   been located, police said.   
      
   Mitchell was charged with aggravated assault, criminal   
   conspiracy, simple assault, reckless endangerment, and related   
   offenses.   
      
   http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/18/us-usa-mosque-   
   philadelphia-idUSKBN0FN2PW20140718   
      
       
      
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