A Flint, Michigan, police officer is out of surgery and in stable condition after being stabbed in the neck at the city’s airport this morning by a suspect reportedly screaming, “Allah akhbar.”
BREAKING: Officer stabbed at airport in Flint, Mich., in possible terror act pic.twitter.com/5Hv7PSqF7U
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 21, 2017
JUST IN: Officer involved in Flint Airport attack is out of surgery and in stable condition, Michigan police confirm.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 21, 2017
Police Officer stabbed in Neck at #Flint, Michigan, airport identified as Jeff Neville https://t.co/EvCqHVvN8M pic.twitter.com/kyqoDmbICP
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 21, 2017
Authorities have just named the suspect as Amor Ftouhi from Quebec, Canada.
https://twitter.com/CTVMontreal/status/877644455926349824
Amor Ftouhi was a Resident of Canada – Legally enetered the US in Lake Champlain on June 16, 2017
— The Panic (@Gunntwitt) June 21, 2017
Reports are that Ftouhi shouted “Allah akhbar” and made other anti-American statements:
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
FBI: #BishopAirport suspect ID'd as Amor Ftouhi said 'Allahu Akbar'. charged with violence at international airport https://t.co/fA4bXuCAUF
— FOX 2 Detroit (@FOX2News) June 21, 2017
#FBI: Amor Ftouhi was a lone wolf attacker. Shouted about deaths in Middle East, said "we're all going to die" & showed hatred for the U.S.
— Kevin Rincon (@KevRincon) June 21, 2017
BREAKING: @FBIDetroit says Suspect used 12" knife with a serrated blade to launch attack. Suspect mentioned Syria during his attack. https://t.co/X27mveMjm8
— JJ Green (@NATSEC09) June 21, 2017
The Flint Journal reports:
A witness at Bishop Airport says he saw a police officer bleeding from the neck and a knife laying nearby before the terminal was evacuated today.
“The cop was on his hands and knees bleeding from his neck,” said Ken Brown, who was dropping his daughter off at the airport. “I said they need to get him a towel.”
Bishop announced that an officer had been injured at the airport on its Facebook page, but officials could not immediately be reached for comment.
Brown said he saw a man detained by police and a knife on the ground near the injured officer.
More than 20 police vehicles from Flint, Burton, Michigan State Police and other agencies responded to the incident.
The airport terminal was evacuated at about 9:40 a.m.
The FBI is reportedly on the scene, investigating the incident as an act of terrorism:
BREAKING: Law enforcement official says FBI is looking at terrorism as a possible motive in stabbing of officer at Flint airport.
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 21, 2017
Flint airport stabbing probed as terrorism, report claims https://t.co/gL1wdgiBiM
— The Flint Journal (@flintjournal) June 21, 2017
FBI: Too early to say knife attack at Flint Bishop Airport is terrorism https://t.co/1naJSDuwPc
— The Flint Journal (@flintjournal) June 21, 2017
The Detroit FBI office handling the investigation released this statement:
This morning, law enforcement officers from a number of organizations, including the FBI’s office in Flint, Michigan, responded to Flint’s Bishop International Airport after receiving the report of a stabbing of an airport police officer who is presently considered to be in stable condition.
The suspect was taken into custody at the airport and is currently being questioned by law enforcement officers.
The FBI, with our local, state, and federal law enforcement partners, is jointly investigating this incident to determine the nature and motive for the attack. We are aware of reports that the attacker made statements immediately prior to or while attacking the officer, but it is too early to determine the nature of these alleged statements or whether or not this was an act of terrorism.
Based on the information that we have at this time, we believe this to be an isolated incident. We currently have no specific, credible information that there is a threat to the Flint community.
No terror attack would be complete without a media or celebrity hot take, and Flint native Michael Moore was ready to deliver:
Any media calling Flint airport stabbing an"act of terror" when you've NEVER referred 2 the Governor poisoning ppl of Flint as terrorism: FU
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) June 21, 2017
CNN also leaves us hanging, reporting only that the suspect said “something in Arabic”:
Preliminary indications are Michigan airport suspect said something in Arabic before stabbing officer, officials say https://t.co/YztsVP98aE pic.twitter.com/9Gvv5kUUXQ
— CNN (@CNN) June 21, 2017
This would be the third Islamic terror attack in the West this week. On Monday, a man already known to French authorities rammed a car laden with explosives into a police van along the iconic Champs-Elysees in the heart of Paris:
Paris Terror Attack Targets Police on the Champs-Elysees, Suspect is Yet Another #KnownWolf https://t.co/99jAq9kTPH via @pjmedia_com pic.twitter.com/4ValTLAV7C
— Patrick Poole (@pspoole) June 19, 2017
And yesterday, I reported on the attempted bombing of the Brussels Central Station, where police shot the suspect before he could fully detonate his device:
BREAKING: Explosions at Brussels Central Station, Suspect with Explosive Belt 'Neutralized' https://t.co/aBy9qDnDps via @pjmedia_com
— Patrick Poole (@pspoole) June 20, 2017
Back in October, I noted that last summer saw a terror attack in the West about every 100 hours:
Closing Out 2016's 'Summer of Terror': Since Nice 90 Days Ago, 20 Terror Attacks in the West, One Every 100 Hours https://t.co/A0hoNrTcMF pic.twitter.com/B0NBKDTNDU
— Patrick Poole (@pspoole) October 12, 2016
Now, we’re seeing attacks virtually every day.
As I warned here at PJ Media back in April, we may be looking at another more active “Summer of Terror”:
Get Ready For a 'Summer of Terror' https://t.co/A2oYpaYk62 #SummerofTerror via @pjmedia_com
— Patrick Poole (@pspoole) June 6, 2017
This attack in Flint occurs on the first day of summer, which also coincides tonight with the “night of Power” of Ramadan.
My thoughts on Islam's Night of Power and the question of terrorism https://t.co/nVM8kNbjnt
— Robert Nicholson (@rwnicholson_) June 21, 2017
When it comes to terrorism, we may have a long one ahead of us.
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