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| Stabbing attack at Minnesota mall leaves at least eight injured | |
| 2016-09-18 | |
| A person carried out a stabbing attack on Saturday at a mall in St. Cloud, Minnesota, injuring at least eight people before dying in the violent incident, officials said. The attack at the Crossroads Mall about 60 miles (97 km) northwest of Minneapolis broke out shortly after 8 p.m. local time, St. Cloud police said in a statement. Witnesses told media that they heard gunshots. Police later confirmed the suspect was killed, according to the St. Cloud Times. Move along, nothing to see here.
Update 1:10 AM ET: In a press briefing, police officials confirmed that the suspect made “references to Allah” while conducting the terrorist attack and “asked at least one person if they were Muslim when they assaulted them.” Officials noted that there is “no evidence” that any other individuals were involved in the attack, and there is “no imminent threat” to civilians as the suspect was killed in a confrontation. The suspect is has no significant criminal background, police noted, with only three incidents on his record, “most minor traffic violations.” The individual in question was wearing a “private security uniform.” Officials do not have any evidence tying it to “any other incident,” including the bombs discovered in New Jersey and an explosion in New York. St. Cloud Police Chief Blair Anderson said police still “need to figure out what the motivation was” before confirming that the incident was an instance of jihad. Mayor Dave Kleis said the mall will remain close “until further notice.” Update 1:04 AM ET: Witnesses speaking to the St. Cloud Times report seeing the victims “drenched” in blood, and witnessing one victim bleeding from the back and another “from the side of his face.” Minnesota radio station Rockin’ 101.7 reports that police have postponed a press conference scheduled for 11PM local time until more information is readily available. The radio station notes that reports indicate the suspect is dead and his remains are in the mall’s Macy’s store. Update 12:33 AM ET: Video uploaded to YouTube by Hannah Kosloski appears to show the developing situation within the Crossroads mall. Police have begun to allow people to leave in an orderly fashion, demanding identification to chronicle every person who was in the mall at the time of the attack. Update 1:04 AM ET: Witnesses speaking to the St. Cloud Times report seeing the victims “drenched” in blood, and witnessing one victim bleeding from the back and another “from the side of his face.” Minnesota radio station Rockin’ 101.7 reports that police have postponed a press conference scheduled for 11PM local time until more information is readily available. The radio station notes that reports indicate the suspect is dead and his remains are in the mall’s Macy’s store. Update 12:33 AM ET: Video uploaded to YouTube by Hannah Kosloski appears to show the developing situation within the Crossroads mall. Police have begun to allow people to leave in an orderly fashion, demanding identification to chronicle every person who was in the mall at the time of the attack. The incident appears to have begun sometime between 8:20 and 9PM local time, according to various local news reports. The St. Cloud Times reports that the mall has been walled off by a “major police presence,” and that multiple people have been stabbed. While the police confirmed that they believe the suspect is dead, though they are following other leads on potential accomplices, they have not indicated the condition of those injured. “Unofficial reports from the scene say there may be multiple gunshot and stabbing victims,” the Times reports. Local NBC affiliate KARE 11 has posted some photos of the mall and confirmed that the suspect is dead. Witnesses say the incident occurred quickly, with no notifications from mall personnel that an emergency was ongoing. Those who escaped say they only began running for exits when seeing a swarm of people screaming and running out. In a press statement, St. Cloud police confirmed only that there were “multiple stabbings” and the “individual responsible… is deceased inside the mall.” Police are conducting “precautionary searches,” and “the incident is ongoing and is an active investigation.” They have scheduled a press conference for 11PM local time. | |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #15 suspect has been IDed he is Dahir Adan, a local Somali who was a junior at St Cloud Univ |
| Posted by: lord garth 2016-09-18 20:32 |
| #14 And the government brings 'em in by the gross. But that's OK, they say. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2016-09-18 20:07 |
| #13 In WWII the Japanese and Germans had to come at us with war planes and ships. If their planes and ships couldn't get through our defense they couldn't hurt us. Arabs could never manufacture or operate sufficient war planes or ships to come at us that way but they don't need them. They get visas so they can fly into our country in civilian jet liners that we operate for them. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-09-18 18:04 |
| #12 More Breitbart: The Saint Cloud Times is reporting Dahir Adan, a member of the local Somali Community, was the man who attacked nine people at a local mall Saturday while shouting about “Allah.” Something about "Allah", eh? I'm starting to notice some similarities between these isolated incidents. Once upon a time, it was common to go about armed in order to protect your person, family and livestock from wild beasts, both both two-legged and four. We replaced that with a high-trust society and security guarantees from our government. That era seems to be over. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2016-09-18 16:44 |
| #11 Ynet reports ISIS said he heeded their call to attack. Not the same as being a trained member of a planned attack, but part of the jihad nonetheless... and the traditional anvil in the target country to the hammer of a formal frontal attack coming across the border from Dar al Islam. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-09-18 12:38 |
| #10 New normal in Obozo's America |
| Posted by: Regular joe 2016-09-18 11:37 |
| #9 From back in August Donald Trump's comments about Minnesota Somalis met with outrage!!!...Trump called state a terror recruitment hotbed. The media is outraged!!!... Trump calls the NYC bombs, well um, bombs...CNN outraged!!! Was this Minnesota terrorist a Somali? |
| Posted by: Tennessee 2016-09-18 11:33 |
| #8 ...And FoxNews is reporting that those nice ISIS fellahs say he was one of theirs. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2016-09-18 11:10 |
| #7 8 attacks sez it was a high capacity knife. We need a law that restricts knives to no more than two or three attacks. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2016-09-18 09:20 |
| #6 Yes, but it was AR-15 knife. |
| Posted by: Matt 2016-09-18 09:02 |
| #5 Don't tell me, it's a gun free zone, right? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-09-18 07:58 |
| #4 Any particular Reason WHY this is NOT covered in the MS Media when the bombing in New York IS covered? New York City is the location for the headquarters of several global media entities. |
| Posted by: badanov 2016-09-18 07:58 |
| #3 Any particular Reason WHY this is NOT covered in the MS Media when the bombing in New York IS covered? Eight people is not an insignificant number. Nature of stab wounds? There ARE lots of ways to stab people ? "I'se gwine cuttcha ! Weapon used? razor or table knife.? Nuthin" reporting, sunstandard. Just blah actually. Happens every day up there so they didn't actually send a professional by to get the facts? |
| Posted by: Shineque Pelosi7822 2016-09-18 07:43 |
| #2 Asked one victim if they were Muslim before stabbing that person. Made reference to alah, the false god of islam. |
| Posted by: Flamingo of rhe Swamps 3243 2016-09-18 03:30 |
| #1 Another 9/11 throughout the US. |
| Posted by: Chuse Borgia4028 2016-09-18 02:43 |