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Seven men have been arrested in the US state of Ohio on hate-crime charges following a number of beard-cutting attacks in the Amish community.Seven men have been arrested in the US state of Ohio on hate-crime charges following a number of beard-cutting attacks in the Amish community.
The Amish breakaway group members are suspected of attacking Amish men and women, cutting their beards and hair. The breakaway Amish group members are suspected of cutting the beards and hair of Amish men and women.
The group leader and three of his sons are among those who were detained at their home in eastern Ohio. The group leader, Sam Mullet, and three of his sons are among those detained, prosecutors in Cleveland said.
More than half a dozen such attacks have taken place within the Amish community in recent months. More than half a dozen such attacks have taken place in the Amish community in recent months.
Following Wednesday's arrests, authorities said the suspects would be arraigned later in the day. Authorities are expected to hold a news conference to explain the charges against the men.
The attacks are thought to have been motivated by religious differences between the two groups. Religious differences between the two groups are said to be behind the incidents.
In traditional Amish communities women wear long hair and men do not shave after marriage. The attacks are viewed as particularly offensive in the religiously conservative community, where women do not cut their hair and men grow beards once they marry.
Members of the tiny Christian community, who call themselves the Plain People, generally shun modern conveniences such as electricity, televisions and cars. Wednesday's arrests took place in eastern Ohio. The US attorney's office in Cleveland said the suspects would be arraigned later in the day.
In an interview with the Associated Press in October, Mr Mullet denied ordering the attacks, but said he did not prevent his sons and others from carrying them out.
He added that the aim of the assaults was to make the Amish community feel ashamed for the way they had treated him and the rest of his group.
The Amish, a tiny Christian community also known as the Plain People, generally shun modern conveniences such as electricity, televisions and cars.