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Anti-Arab Marine Reservist Assaults Greek Priest

In Florida, a Marine reservist has been arrested after allegedly attacking a Greek Orthodox priest he mistook to be of Arab descent. The priest, Alexios Marakis, had gotten lost in Tampa, when he tried to ask for directions. The reservist, Jasen Bruce, allegedly struck Marakis with a tire iron and then called police to say an Arab man had tried to rob him. Bruce later told police Marakis was an Arab terrorist. Police say Bruce teared up when they told him Marakis was actually a Greek priest.