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Man Arrested After Shouting "Gas the Jews" in Washington D.C.

A man was arrested on suspicion of shouting "gas the Jews" and spraying a foul-smelling substance on two people outside the Kesher Israel Congregation in the Georgetown neighborhood in Washington DC on Sunday, according to NBC Washington.

The suspect was identified as Brent Wood, a resident of Toledo, Ohio. The victims were not physically hurt in the attack.

Wood is being charged with simple assault and resisting arrest, and the incident is being investigated as a hate or bias-motivated crime.