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UPDATE: FBI finds no link to terror in crash
The victim of a fatal Stevenson Expressway traffic accident who attracted the attention of FBI terrorism investigators was a physician from Puerto Rico who had real estate and business investments in the Chicago area but no known ties to terrorism, his attorney and authorities said Thursday. Lafi Hussein Nofal, 45, died Wednesday in a chain-reaction wreck on the southbound Stevenson near the Harlem Avenue exit. Authorities said they found a check for $2 million and "other financial instruments" in the car, drawing the attention of the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force. However, the FBI released a statement early Thursday saying there was no known terrorism link and referred further questions to the Illinois State Police..... Nofal's lawyer said her client was in town from Puerto Rico to deal with a lawsuit related to an Oak Lawn gas station he co-owned. She said the suit concerns property worth more than $1 million. The lawyer, Roxolana Harasymiw, said she did not know what money or documents were in the car but said she thinks Nofal would have had documents related to the lawsuit, and his business interests involved large amounts of money. More at link Posted by: GK 2006-02-24 |
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