A cab driver was arrested Sunday after police said he ran over one of his passengers after they got into a religious argument.

Ibrahim Ahmed, 37, a driver for United Cab, was arrested and charged with assault and attempted homicide for trying to hit two customers early Sunday morning.

“When they exited the vehicle, after having paid the cab driver for their fare, that’s when the cab driver chased them down across the parking lot and ran them down,” Officer John Pepper told WSMV-TV in Nashville.

Jeremy Invus was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center with serious injuries. Another passenger, Andrew Nelson, avoided the cab.
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“When they exited the vehicle, after having paid the cab driver for their fare, that?s when the cab driver chased them down across the parking lot and ran them down,” Officer John Pepper told WSMV-TV in Nashville.

Jeremy Invus was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center with serious injuries. Another passenger, Andrew Nelson, avoided the cab.

The passengers ? college students from Ohio visiting Nashville ? got into an argument over religion with the driver as he was dropping them off at the Vanderbilt University campus, police said.
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Capt. Mike Alexander of the Nashville Police Department said according to the incident report, Ibrahim Ahmed, 37, a driver for United Cab, picked up two men near campus early Sunday morning. The two men were college students from Ohio visiting Nashville and were on their way back to campus.

A religious conversation ensued between the driver and two fares. At some point, the students paid and exited the cab, when the cab driver allegedly struck one of the men. The two men then fled the scene on foot.

According to the incident report, Ahmed then returned to the cab, drove across the parking lot, ran over the curb and struck the two men. One of the alleged victims was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center with critical injuries. Another passenger, Andrew Nelson, avoided the cab.

Hospital spokeswoman Kathy Rivers told FOX News the victim, Jeremy Invus, is recuperating and does not want to talk to the media about the incident.
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AHMED IS MUSLIM AND AUTHORITIES SAY AN ARGUMENT OVER RELIGION WITH TWO CUSTOMERS GOT SO OUT OF HAND YESTERDAY….HE RAN ONE OF THEM OVER….AND TRIED TO HIT THE OTHER.

FRIENDS SAY THE WHOLE ORDEAL IS SURPRISING CONSIDERING HOW WELL AHMED IS RESPECTED IN THE LOCAL SOMALIAN COMMUNITY.
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