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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/015077.php
February 01, 2007
Minneapolis carjacker "mentally ill, suffers from depression and hasn't being taking his medication"
"Lately he has been out of control." Yes, you could say that. An update on this story: "Carjacking spree leaves woman in critical," from KSTP.com, with thanks to Paul:
A woman is in critical condition after a wild chain of events in north Minneapolis Wednesday morning.
Police said around 7:55 a.m., Ismail Yassin Mohamed, 22, was driving a stolen black Chevy Cavalier when he began intentionally ramming a blue and white taxi cab for several blocks until the cab crashed.
The cab driver and a female passenger managed to escape from the cab, but the passenger was critically injured....
After the cab crashed, police said Mohamed took off in the Cavalier and then crashed into a business. He got out of the car and stole a school van. The driver of the van managed to get an 8-year-old boy off of the vehicle before Mohamed stole it.
Later, Mohamed crashed the van into another group of cars. Authorities said Mohamed was trying steal another car when witnesses pinned Mohamed down and waited for authorities....
5 EYEWITNESS NEWS spoke with the suspect's mother who said her son is mentally ill, suffers from depression and hasn't being taking his medication. She said "lately he has been out of control."
Mohamed is currently in police custody and has a prior conviction for robbery in 2003.
Paul also notes that these two stories do not give the suspect's name:
One man wrecking machine leaves woman hospitalized
Minneapolis Business Owner Injured In Hit-And-Run
Sudden Jihad Syndrome? Possibly.
Posted by Robert at February 1, 2007 04:33 PM
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/015071.php
February 01, 2007
Minneapolis car rampage driver: "Allah made me do it"
Shades of Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, who wrote lengthy treatises explaining his hit-and-run murder attempts as fidelity to the Qur'an, and echoing the initial statement made by Omeed Aziz Popal -- which was later discounted by investigators.
"Rampage behind the wheel leaves trail of destruction," by David Chanen and Anthony Lonetree in the Star Tribune, with thanks to Tim:
As Arie Ford went inside to gather her two children from her Minneapolis home Wednesday morning, a man stole her idling car. A few blocks away, he repeatedly rammed that car into a cab driven by her brother and injured a well-known 79-year-old North Side clothes store owner.
Within minutes, the man was at the intersection of N. 7th Street and Plymouth Avenue, bouncing off cars and between buildings, stealing a van and then crashing that, too, police said. The five minutes of chaos ended when a group captured the man and held him down until police arrived.
Witness Jeffrey Ford said the suspect's father told officers the suspect had mental problems.
"He could have hurt a lot of people," said Arie Ford, who isn't related to Jeffrey Ford.
Lois Schupmann, the business owner who was injured when the stolen car rammed the cab, was in satisfactory condition Wednesday evening. Nobody else was hurt.
When asked by investigators why he went on the crime spree, the 22-year-old suspect said, "Allah made me do it," according to a source with knowledge of the case.
Posted by Robert at February 1, 2007 09:51 AM