WM police officer stabbed in neck at Flint, MI Airport; Canadian born suspect shouted "Allahu Akbar

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WM police officer stabbed in neck at Flint, MI Airport; Canadian born suspect shouted "Allahu Akbar

http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/ind...ice_officer_in_ne.html#incart_2box_news_flint

Police officer stabbed in neck at Flint Bishop Airport in Michigan
Posted on June 21, 2017 at 9:48 AM

FLINT, MI -- A police officer stabbed this morning at Bishop Airport has improved to stable condition following the attack.

Michigan State Police confirmed the condition of the on-duty officer and identified him as Jeff Neville, who was initially reported in critical condition.

Jeff Neville (Flint Journal file photo)

MSP said in a Twitter post that the FBI is leading an investigation.

A witness told MLive he saw a man detained near a knife and an officer on his knees and bleeding from the neck.

 

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Re: WM police officer stabbed in neck at Flint, MI Airport; Canadian born suspect shouted "Allahu A

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/...airport-stabbing-as-possible-act-of-terrorism

NBC News: Feds looking into Flint airport stabbing as 'possible act of terrorism'
Canadian born suspect shouted "Allahu Akbar"
Updated: 12:38 PM, June 21, 2017



NBC News: The Canadian born suspect shouted "Allahu Akbar" before stabbing the officer multiple law enforcement sources say. W/ @anblanx https://t.co/TYSZIgmFQE— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) June 21, 2017

Police said a suspect has been taken into custody.

 

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Re: WM police officer stabbed in neck at Flint, MI Airport; Canadian born suspect shouted "Allahu A

http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/262988142-story

Terror suspect who stabbed Flint airport officer ID'd as Canadian Amor Ftouhi

Updated: Jun 21 2017 06:29PM EDT

FLINT, Mich. (WJBK) - The attacker armed with a knife that stabbed a Flint airport police officer Wednesday morning has been identified as Canadian resident Amor M. Ftouhi.

The officer, Lt. Jeff Neville was stabbed in the neck, by Ftouhi, and was critically injured but has now been upgraded to satisfactory condition. Ftouhi was arrested at the scene by Neville, helped by two other police members and a maintenance worker.

The FBI, in a press conference Tuesday afternoon, is considering it a lone wolf terror attack at Bishop International Airport. Special Agent in Charge David P. Gelios said that Ftouhi was yelling "Allahu Akbar" as he randomly approached Neville and began stabbing him.

"The suspect said (during the stabbing) 'You have killed people in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan and you are going to die,'" Gelios said, adding that the knife Ftouhi used was a 12-inch knife with an 8-inch serrated blade.

Ftouhi is described as a 50-year-old man from Quebec, who entered the country on June 16 from Lake Champlain Canada. He has no known ties or connection to the Flint area and did not have an airline ticket when he entered the airport. The FBI is investigating how he entered the country and said that Canadian investigators are working cooperatively on the case across the border.