Posted on 03/03/2006 6:14:40 PM PST by Stayfree
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9 injured by SUV at UNC-Chapel Hill Updated: 3/3/2006 7:32 PM By: Associated Press
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UNC Hit-and-Run
The driver of an SUV that sped through the UNC-CH campus, hitting several people, allegedly planned the attack as retribution for the treatment of Muslims around the world.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- A recent University of North Carolina graduate faces attempted murder charges after a sport utility vehicle raced through a popular campus gathering spot Friday, hurting nine people and scattering startled bystanders.
Six people -- five students and a visiting scholar -- were treated at UNC Hospitals, though a hospital spokesman said none was seriously injured. Five were released Friday and the sixth wasn't expected to be admitted to the hospital, the university said in a statement. Three other people declined treatment at the scene, police said.
Mohammed Reza Taheriazar, 22, a December graduate, was being held Friday by campus police. They intend to charge him with nine counts of attempted murder and nine counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, said Capt. George Hare of the UNC Department of Public Safety.
The FBI joined the case because Taheriazar, a native of Iran, "allegedly made statements that he acted to avenge the American treatment of Muslims. The ongoing investigation will work to confirm this," said Special Agent Richard Kolko, an FBI spokesman in Washington.
Officials say the incident occurred in front of Lenoir Hall in a gathering area known as The Pit, a popular gathering spot in the center of the campus. Officials say the incident occurred in front of Lenoir Hall in a gathering area known as The Pit, a popular gathering spot in the center of the campus. Taheriazar called police to surrender and then awaited officers on a side street about two miles away from campus, Chapel Hill police Capt. Brian Curran said.
"He kind of gave himself up," said Officer Herbert Bryant of the university's Department of Public Safety.
Local authorities declined to discuss a motive.
"As far as delving into his motives and things like that, we're in the process of developing that in our investigation," Hare said.
The incident happened just before noon near the center of campus at the area known as The Pit, a sunken, brick-paved area surrounded by two libraries, a dining hall and the student union. It does not have any easy access points for vehicles and can't be reached without deliberation.
"I see everyone kind of part because there's a car coming through and the next thing I know, I'm on his windshield," sophomore Jeff Hoffman, his arm in a bandage, told the campus newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel.
Mohammed Reza Taheriazar is led to the back of a police cruiser. Mohammed Reza Taheriazar is led to the back of a police cruiser. Student Nicholas Altman was talking on his cell phone when he heard someone scream.
"I turned around and there was a white SUV. It looked like it hit a couple of people. One person in particular went over the hood," he told WRAL-TV.
On a sunny, cool day like Friday, the Pit is a busy center of campus activities, with students perched along the walkways and steps. Friday's noontime crowd included a gathering of candidates for Black Student Movement elections.
"He slowly came in, and I thought he was going to stop or something," sophomore Scot Wilson, a candidate for BSM vice president, told The Daily Tar Heel. "But then he sped right through."
By 3 p.m., a bomb squad from the State Bureau of Investigation had come to University Commons apartments in nearby Carrboro, where Taheriazar lived, at the request of local police, said SBI spokeswoman Noelle Talley. Carrboro police did not immediately return a call.
The incident came a week after a UNC dormitory resident adviser was killed when he and another student crashed through a dorm window, falling four stories onto the concrete below. The second student remains hospitalized in fair condition.
I know you're upset, but, please, get a grip; you ARE talking about Chapel Hill after all.
You are probably right, and John Edwards will probably set up another non-profit on campus called "We Support Muslims' Rights as Superior to Americans' Rights"
No matter how much education a Muslim has, it appears they are incapable of rational thought.
Kinda curious about Chapel Hill.
Is it a conservative city or liberal like Austin?
Incidentally, our son is more conservative than Rush...yeah, and so why then is he going to Chapel Hill? Because he received a very large and prestigious Carolina scholarship because he is so wonderful!!
(Proud Parent of Wonderful Son)
"He slowly came in, and I thought he was going to stop or something," sophomore Scot Wilson, a candidate for BSM vice president, told The Daily Tar Heel. "But then he sped right through."
Who slowly came in? Is the SUV a male?
Ridiculous...
Chapel Hill is the first LIBERAL HELLHOLE in the country.
I thought we were treating Iranians generously in the U.S. They are generally enthusiastic entrepreneurs and by separating Americans from their money they provide material comforts and a multitude of opportunities for self improvement for their families.
Poor fellow is confused, he identifies more with the checkered and fairly recent history of Islam instead of the glory of ancient Persia. His Iranian acquaintances must regard him as a knucklehead.
So why is this not a hate crime or terrorism? There are a lot more muslim extremists in North Carolina than most people realize.
ROFLMAO!
No, but that's the beatty and fun of it all. You never know! Muslims are like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get. And in the case of the worst, you may not realize it until your head is half off.
Mark Steyn recently recalled an event in Paris:
In five years' time, how many Jews will be living in France? Two years ago, a 23-year-old Paris disc jockey called Sebastien Selam was heading off to work from his parents' apartment when he was jumped in the parking garage by his Muslim neighbor Adel. Selam's throat was slit twice, to the point of near-decapitation; his face was ripped off with a fork; and his eyes were gouged out. Adel climbed the stairs of the apartment house dripping blood and yelling, "I have killed my Jew. I will go to heaven."
Certainly lets you know that "something's awry."
I'll bet the faculty is organizing a "Free Mohammed Now!" movement.....
When we saw his name was Mohammed, we were already speculating about this earlier. It seems to me that this article pretty well lets the cat out of the bag, and I don't know how the FBI can cover it up now.
Of course this is a local TV station, and the major media will probably ignore it.
Thanks for the info.
Guess that makes Austin the second.
Interesting how the mooslimes seem to target their friends first.
The University, top to bottom, is Berkeley East...believe me, I have engaged the liberal @ssholes at the top of the heap there over some issues. Our son is now a junior in the business school (and finally taking classes that he believes have some value for him unlike the suffering from academic liberalism at its worst for Freshman & Sophomore nonsense)
He was just trying to Mo' them down.
This is the contact info posted on this web site:
News 14 Carolina - Charlotte
316 E. Morehead St., Suite 100
Charlotte, NC 28202
(704) 973-5800
I just got off the phone with someone there and asked what kind of PC headline this was. I said this was clearly an act of domestic terrorism since the guilty person confessed and said his motivation was to avenge fellow Muslims. The man then said he would look into it. I again stressed that this was plain, obvious domestic terrorism and that this headline did not speak to the plain facts of the matter.
Freeping is not just carrying signs on a street corner.
If the OU suicide bombing taught me someting, it was this: Never EVER trust the MSM when it comes to coverage of terrorism.
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