Not long after nearly 40 teenagers trashed the convenience store Ibrahin Hossain manages in the Hechinger Mall in Northeast D.C. on Friday night, he told the owner of 24/7 Best Tobacco & Wireless that he no longer wants to work there because he doesn’t feel safe.

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Almost everyone could understand why Hossain, 28, who has only been an employee at the store for less than three months, would feel that way after spending Friday night trapped inside the store along with two other co-workers.

Along with wrecking the store by throwing th

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