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DuPage man guilty of hate crime in beating at gas station

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A former Darien man has been convicted of a hate crime for the bizarre and apparently unprovoked attack on a man at a Woodridge gas station, authorities said Thursday. Ali Akel, 34, was charged June 20, 2011 after prosecutors said he hurled racial slurs at and spat on a black man waiting in line at a Mobil station, then threw the victim down and began punching him.

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