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lonestar2004
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A JIHADIST IN NORTH CAROLINA
#5364111 - 03/04/06 10:15 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Attempted Murder Charges in UNC Hit-and-Run
(03/04/06 -- CHAPEL HILL) - The driver of an SUV that plowed into a group of pedestrians at UNC-Chapel Hill on Friday told police it was retribution for the treatment of Muslims around the world, sources tell Eyewitness News and ABC News.
It happened around noon Friday in front of Lenoir Hall on the campus, in a common area known as the Pit. Paramedics took six people - - five students and a visiting scholar - - were treated for minor injuries and released from UNC Hospitals. Three refused treatment at the scene.
Chopper 11 shows the accident scene near The Pit at UNC-CH. Police say they arrested the suspect, Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, 22, of Chapel Hill, shortly after the incident. He reportedly called police shortly after the incident and surrendered a few miles from campus. Police said they would charge Taheri-azar with nine counts of attempted murder.
Link to terrorism? Sources say Taheri-azar told police he was seeking retribution for the treatment of Muslims around the world, according to ABC News justice correspondent Pierre Thomas. Taheri-azar apparently told police he tried to rent the biggest SUV he could find to use in the attack. Taheri-azar told police Friday, "If you want to know why I did it, go check my bed at my apartment."
"He said it almost in a baiting type of way," Carrboro police spokesman Capt. Joel Booker said.
By Friday afternoon, a police SWAT team had surrounded a Carrboro apartment complex where Taheri-azar lived. Taking no chances, heavily armed authorities blew open the door to his University Commons apartment. After several hours of searching the apartment, Carrboro police sounded the all-clear, allowing residents back inside late Friday evening.
"We may find other things down the road, but right now, we were not in there looking for trace-type evidence," said Booker. "We're in there looking for something that could cause all of us harm. Gladly, we have not found that to this point."
Who is Mohammed Taheri-azar? Taheri-azar was born in Iran, but grew up in Indian Trail, near Charlotte. Eyewitness News obtained video of Taheri-azar giving a presentation to a UNC-CH English class last spring. He graduated in December 2005 with majors in philosophy and psychology.
Police are looking at phone calls he made recently, as well as e-mail, to see if anyone else was involved.
In addition to a political motivation, authorities likely will be looking at a psychological analysis. A law enforcement source tells Eyewitness News that Taheri-azar had been plotting the attack for some time and was prepared to die. Sources think he acted alone.
"My officials are using the term 'lone wolf,'" said ABC's Pierre Thomas. "They have no evidence of a wider plot.
Sources tell Eyewitness News and ABC News that Taheri-azar was intent on killing people Friday.
"One official said the officials and students on campus were lucky today," Thomas said. "Because if he had done what he wanted to do, you'd probably have some dead people on your campus."
Last month, Muslim students at UNC protested the publication in The Daily Tar Heel of an original cartoon depicting the prophet Muhammad. Islam is interpreted to forbid any illustrations of Muhammad for fear they could lead to idolatry. The recent publication of a series of cartoons of Muhammad in European newspapers sparked violent protests in the Middle East and elsewhere.
The Muslim Students Association, which was among the leading critics of the cartoon, said Teheri-azar had never been a member of the group and denounced him on its Web site.
"Regardless of what his intentions prove to be, we wholeheartedly deplore this action, and trust that our fellow classmates will be able to dissociate the actions of this one disturbed individual from the beliefs of the Muslim community as a whole," the statement said. "Peace be upon you all."
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=local&id=3958312
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Re: A JIHADIST IN NORTH CAROLINA [Re: lonestar2004]
#5364115 - 03/04/06 10:17 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Wonder if they'll send him to Guantanamo Bay.
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lonestar2004
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Re: A JIHADIST IN NORTH CAROLINA [Re: daimyo]
#5364142 - 03/04/06 10:29 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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No. maybe if he had been able to rent a plane.
My Prediction the SUV will be charged with a hate crime.
The ACLU will defend Muhammad and he will receive victim's compensation.
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Re: A JIHADIST IN NORTH CAROLINA [Re: lonestar2004]
#5364169 - 03/04/06 10:39 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Re: A JIHADIST IN NORTH CAROLINA [Re: lonestar2004]
#5364852 - 03/04/06 02:47 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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What a pussy. If he wanted to really do damage, he would have done a suicide bombing. I'm sure he doesn't care enough about the cause to lose his life, though.
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Re: A JIHADIST IN NORTH CAROLINA [Re: Redstorm]
#5366124 - 03/04/06 11:38 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Perhaps there was a bomb and the media is covering it up to control fear
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Re: A JIHADIST IN NORTH CAROLINA [Re: Redstorm]
#5366273 - 03/05/06 12:48 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Slather his ass in pig's blood and make him wear a yarmulke.
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Re: A JIHADIST IN NORTH CAROLINA [Re: lonestar2004]
#5366350 - 03/05/06 01:27 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Muslims beat their wives out of retribution for the treatment of Muslims around the world
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