Posted on 07/15/2026 11:17:14 AM PDT by Morgana
A kiosk worker at a Utah mall suffered a total of 15 knife wounds after being attacked over his religion, police said.
During his shift at a West Valley City mall kiosk on July 13, Syed Sohail Uddin was approached by a stranger who intended to kill him simply because he is Muslim, authorities said.
The attacker, identified as Peter Michael Larsen, 48, was arrested after stabbing the worker more than a dozen times. He now faces charges of attempted murder and carrying a prohibited weapon.
The West Valley City Police Department said Larsen had a brief interaction with Uddin before brandishing his knife and carrying out the attack shortly after 3pm.
In the moments leading up to the stabbing, Larsen allegedly asked Uddin's name, religion, and indicated that he wanted a bottle of water.
Larsen then pounced at Uddin just as he had turned around to grab the water.
The staffer was left in critical condition and transported to a local hospital with wounds to his hands, heart and lungs.
According to court documents and videos on social media, multiple bystanders grappled with Larsen and wrestled the knife out of his hands before law enforcement arrived at the scene.
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As its the Daily Mail, I doubt this narrative is so simple
Right on cue for the Muslim Democrat candidates. Probably see 3 attacks a day by November.
Blame on the movie “Citizen Vigilante” coming in three, two...
Good thing there were good men around.
Isn’t this how muslims treats christians around the world??
I wanted to say it in first comment but didn’t. The stabber looks like a junkie.
Syed Sohail Uddin, he’s a muslim, I guess Peter doesn’t like muslims.
“Records show January 2025 as Larsen’s most recent parole after he stated his mental health was in a good place and that he would ‘continue progressing and create a stable foundation.’”
He said that about himself did he?
What was he on parole for?
The Daily Mail
Not CBS.
we don’t need gun control or knife control, we need crazy people control
I wonder how many FReepers are socially conservative Islamists?
In any case, we need to understand what is driving this rage. Hopefully there won’t be any moslem retaliation for next weeks terror attacks.
How does the media know the motive so quickly? They usually are very cautious when it is an adherent of the “R.O.P.” doing the stabbing.
Don’t whine.
Thousands of Christians have been murdered by Muslims this year.
Turn about is fair play.
Whew... those big boys worked his azz over!! Dang. Stood him up and let ‘em fly!
They sure came to that “religious attack” conclusion rather quickly. When the jihadis are killing people left and right, the motive is always “unknown” even when they tell us directly why they did it.
He’s nuts, Jim.
I wonder if this was a set up to allow the Muslim to stay in the US, if not a citizen.
If so, it went pretty far.
There was a police station in a small town, I believe in Louisiana, that made fake reports of crimes against “immigrants” to win favorable rulings to keep them in the country. They were paid by the immigrants for this service.
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