WASHINGTON - Igbal Asghar reached across the counter at Super Halal Meat market and passed two butchered chickens to the man with the familiar face. Then he ducked into the walk-in freezer to fetch the customer's second order, goat meat.
Yummy! Goat meat! The very thought makes me want to... | When the butcher stepped out seconds later, the customer's severed left hand lay on the floor by the meat saw, Asghar said.
"'Scuse me, Mahmoud! Is that your hand?" | The customer ran down the Springfield store's center aisle and into the front parking lot, leaving a trail of blood and yelling repeatedly that he was "not a terrorist."
"I am not a terrorist! I am a nut! I'm a nut in pain... I'm a nut with significant blood loss... And shock... And no goat meat..." | Outside, another witness said, the man announced that he had used the meat saw to cut off his hand "for Allah."
Really. That sort of sentiment only seems to occur to people who bonk their heads on the floor five times a day, 365 days a year. I think it's accumulated minor traumas adding up to a major loss of coherence... | Rescue workers arrived minutes after the incident Saturday evening and took the man -- and his detached hand -- to Inova Fairfax Hospital. Fairfax County police declined to comment or release the man's name yesterday, saying no charges would be filed.
"Muldoon! See if there's any laws against slicing off your own hand with a meat saw!" | Those who saw the action unfold remained jarred.
"Oh, hold me, Mahmoud! I'm so jarred!" |
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