Serial Stabber Suspect Named, Nabbed in Airport Trying to Flee to Israel

ABCNews.com ^ | 08/12/2010 | LEE FERRAN, COURTNEY CHAPMAN and JOHN WETENHALL

[OldDeckHand]

Feds: Elias Abuelazam Arrested in Connection to 20 Vicious Stabbing Attacks.

Michigan resident Elias Abuelazam was identified today as the suspect in a series 20 vicious stabbings that included five deaths in three states, federal officials told ABC News.

Abuelazam, 33, was apprehended Wednesday night at Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport as he was about to board a plane for Israel, officials said. He was tracked to the airport after investigators dashed to track down a new lead that originated in Michigan.

Abuelazam has not been charged in the attacks and was taken into custody on unrelated charges, investigators said.

[cripplecreek]

Technically, Arab is Caucasian.

Yeah, we use the term for white but its not particularly accurate. I remember reading about racially motivated attacks on Caucasians across Russia and it threw me till I read up on it.

[jazminerose]

Upset about his mortgage or Obamacare?

[RobRoy]

>>The Russian media report he is an Arab with a green card. They spell his name Elias Abu Al-Azam.<<

OK, then, number 3: What kind of Amish parents would give their son a name like Abu Al-Azam?

[kress]

Israeli media is reporting his name is Elias Abu El-Azam. A Christian Arab from a small, predominantly Christian town in the city of Ramle in the south of Israel.

[Big Bureaucracy]

Israeli Haaretz spells his name: Elias Abuelazam, 33,

Israeli media reported that Abuelazam, an Israeli citizen and former resident of Ramle, recently visited Israel, but has been living in the U.S. legally.

[Cheetahcat]

“Upset about his mortgage or Obamacare?”

Maybe it was the Racist Blacks that drove him over the edge.

[240B]

I, as well as most Israelis, knew it was an Arab from the first report.

Arabs do this all the time, to Jews as well as each other in Israel and all over the world.

There is something about Muslims and knives. I guess it makes murder more personal for them or something.

[TornadoAlley3]

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[GrandmaPatriot]

Please do not us the word teabagger even when ascribing it to the liberal media. It just perpetuates the use.

Thanks

[piytar]

Here’s a linky to the WaPo story: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/crime-scene/update-on-the-news/man-in-custody-in-serial-killi.html

[Red Badger]

So, we find out he’s an Arab. This story will disappear faster than a doughnut in a police station break room..............

[FreedomForce]

Here’s another article with more info about Abu El Azam.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3935338,00.html

Wikipedia shows Ramla to be 80% Jewish and 20% Arab(16% Muslim and 4% Christian) as of 2001.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramla#Demographics

[Sioux-san]

Like that dude in Connecticut - the racists took him down for stealing beer...what next?

[happinesswithoutpeace]

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