A Russian national classified as a known or suspected terrorist allegedly attempted to bite off a deportation officer’s pinky as he was being apprehended in downtown Los Angeles.
The 35-year-old Russian national, Maksim Zaitsev, was reportedly classified as a known or suspected terrorist when he was taken into custody by federal authorities at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in downtown Los Angeles.
Zaitsev was asked to come to the ICE office so that the agency could review his immigration status. Federal immigration enforcement officials were waiting for him at the office and took him into custody before the Russian national allegedly resisted arrest and even bit the pinky finger of one deportation officer, drawing blood and breaking the man’s finger, the federal prosecutor’s office said.
“The men and women of Immigration and Customs Enforcement are critical…
