Saturday, March 4, 2006
A nut, or a Jihadi, or a nutty Jihadi?:
Attempted Murder Charges in UNC Hit-and-Run
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.
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...
(via Jihad Watch and Michelle Malkin)
I think this one is a nutjob, just like the ones from the church thing in Israel.
If he were truly a jihadi, people would have died.
agree with Meryl -- psych case. Note he was a psychology grad, a program that can tend to draw people trying to work their own problems out on others instead of dealing with them.