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9/17/22
A University of Iowa student and an Iowa City man face charges that they beat another man on the Ped Mall early Saturday morning.
Iowa City Police reported seeing a group of men chasing another man through the Ped Mall across Clinton Street to the Capitol Street parking ramp just after 1:45am. As officers approached the ramp, two of the men…identified as 22-year-old Momen Kago of Rushmore Drive and 18-year-old UI freshman Ahmed Hamad…came walking out. Kago reportedly admitted that the two men had been involved in a fight outside the Fieldhouse bar and another one near Wells Fargo bank. He allegedly admitted to punching another subject, while police say Hamad only admitted to being involved in a verbal altercation.
Surveillance video from the area reportedly shows the men punching and kicking the victim while he was on the ground. The man suffered numerous injuries, reported being disoriented, and was bleeding from the face.
Kago and Hamad are each charged with Willful Injury Causing Serious Injury. If convicted, they each face a maximum of five years in prison.