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An ISIS Connection Just Made A Stunning Proclamation About School Stabber Faisal Mohammad
A Twitter account associated with the terrorist group ISIS praised Faisal Mohammad, 18, for the stabbing attacks carried out on Nov. 4 at the University of California, Merced. Campus police shot and killed Mohammad in the incident.
“May Allah accept him,” the tweet read. Terrorism experts said the Twitter account had delivered previous ISIS propaganda, and this tweet was posted almost immediately after the stabber’s name was released by officials.
Mohammad, a university student who lived on campus, entered his class around 8 a.m. with a hunting knife and began his stabbing spree. Four were attacked before a construction worker happened across the incident and stopped the attack. The four are all conscious. Two were air lifted to a hospital, and the other two victims were treated by campus medical personnel.
A bomb squad found items, including petroleum jelly, which officials referred to as “poor man’s C-4” in Mohammad’s backpack. That is a military-grade explosive, according to Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke. Warnke said in a news conference on Thursday that Mohammad’s backpack included a handwritten list of items to collect. Officials recovered all but one of the listed items – scissors.
The incident happened just a week after the suspect Twitter account linked to terrorism released a number of videos encouraging lone wolf stabbing attacks.
Even so, campus officials released a statement Thursday claiming the incident was caused by personal animosities rather than terrorism. UC Merced Chancellor Dorothy Leland said no one knows if Mohammad was targeting someone specifically or his motive. Still, she insists this was not a terrorism incident.
Witnesses, including the construction worker who assisted in stopping the attack, said Mohammad enjoyed stabbing his classmates.
“He had a smile on his face, he was having fun,” the construction worker told a local television station.
Those who knew the student said he was quiet and never walked to class with anyone.
“Every time I would try and say something, he would just ignore it,” said Andrew Velasquez, who was Mohammad’s roommate.
Source: http://www.westernjournalism.com/an-isis-connection-just-made-a-stunning-proclamation-about-school-stabber-faisal-mohammad/
