Brother of man accused of spraying Ilhan Omar says suspect hated Somali community for years

The younger member of the antheral accused of spraying a substance connected Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said the alleged attacker has harbored a hatred for the Somali assemblage for years.

"I’m not amazed this happened," Anthony Kazmierczak’s estranged brother, who did not privation to beryllium identified, told the Independent implicit the telephone from his location successful North Carolina. 

"Not astatine all. Unfortunately, helium and my parent are some right-wing extremists," helium added. 

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A antheral is tackled aft spraying an chartless substance astatine Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., during a municipality hallway she was hosting successful Minneapolis, Minnesota, connected Jan. 27, 2026. (Octavio Jones/ AFP via Getty Images)

The member said he's been estranged from Kazmierczak for the past 4 years.

"I judge successful helping people," helium said. "He believes successful blaming people."

Kazmierczak, 55, allegedly ran toward Omar arsenic she was speaking Tuesday nighttime astatine a municipality hallway astatine Urban League Twin Cities, wherever she criticized Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and called for the abolishment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Video of the incidental shows a antheral spraying an unidentified substance astatine Omar from a syringe. He was instantly tackled by information unit and subsequently arrested. 

Omar wiped herself cleanable and continued her remarks. 

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Rep. Ilhan Omar was attacked portion speaking astatine a Minneapolis municipality hall, with constabulary identifying the fishy arsenic Anthony Kazmierczak. (Minneapolis PD)

"We're gonna support talking," she said. "Just springiness maine 10 minutes. Please don't fto them person the show."

The member said Kazmierczak had mentioned Omar earlier and that helium has a heavy dislike for Somalis, which began good earlier Omar was elected to Congress successful 2019. 

"He has had a hatred of the Somali assemblage for astir apt 20 years," Kazmierczak’s member continued. "There’s a crushed I don’t speech to him… He’s got a batch of anger, I person nary thought wherever it comes from. He’s ever been that way. In and retired of attraction since helium was a kid."

One of Kazmierczak’s neighbors told The New York Post helium had hinted successful a cryptic substance days earlier that helium mightiness extremity up leaving the lawsuit successful handcuffs.

"He said, 'I’m going to this Omar thing.' I’m like, Omar what? He said, ‘This municipality hallway thing.’ And helium said, ‘I mightiness get arrested,’" Brian Kelley told The Post.

Omar's municipality hallway erupted arsenic information pulled her from country aft an evident spray onslaught by man. (Fox News)

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"I didn’t instrumentality him seriously. I’m surprised, but not overly surprised," the neighbour added. "I figured erstwhile helium said helium was going to spell to the municipality hall, he’d basal up and accidental thing stupid. I can’t ideate him assaulting oregon spraying somebody."