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UPDATE: Roanoke County stabbing suspect was hearing voices before attack
WDBJ7 ^ | Tue 7:09 PM, Aug 23, 2016 | Web Staff

Posted on 08/23/2016 5:52:28 PM PDT by topfile

The warrant says Wasil Farooqui told police he left his home on Pelham Drive Saturday "to clear his head" and took a butcher knife from the kitchen. He drove about a mile to The Pines apartments and parked. Farooqui said he began hearing voices telling him he was stupid and to attack people.

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A source told CBS News that Farooqui has been on the FBI’s radar for several months and is believed to be self-radicalized. The source also told CBS News that Farooqui tried to go to Syria earlier this year, but only got as far as Europe.

That trip reportedly put him on the radar of law enforcement.

Witnesses told police that during the attack Farooqui was yelling “Allah Akbar.” That translates to “God is the greatest.” The law enforcement source told CBS the FBI is investigating whether the knife attack was possibly inspired by ISIS.

While officers were at the hospital Saturday, police say Farooqui came into the emergency room for treatment of his own injuries. He was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated malicious wounding.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: allahakbar; attack; farooqui; jihadinamerica; roanoke; stabbing; terror; virginia
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To: topfile
Ya, right. Hearing voices ...

"WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?!"

21 posted on 08/24/2016 12:00:32 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici
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Execute him. Maybe he will still hear those voices after he’s in the ground.


22 posted on 08/24/2016 9:34:35 AM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Trump has terrified the world's elite.)
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