Posted on 10/13/2001 6:00:12 PM PDT by ResistorSister
CANTON — Police have arrested a man who the FBI detained in recent weeks as part of its investigation into the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Mostapha Fandi, 50, of an apartment on Seventh Street NW remained in jail Friday where he was held under $1,000 bond.
Police said that he became belligerent with residents and business owners outside a downtown restaurant Thursday night, and claimed to be a terrorist. Then, he threatened to kill police and their families, jail records said.
FBI agents weren’t impressed.
“We’ve already interviewed him extensively and we don’t have any interest in him,” said Mitchell Marrone, senior supervisory agent of the FBI office in Canton.
Fandi was a roommate of two men — Karim Koubriti, 23, and Ahmed Hannan, 33 — arrested Sept. 17 in an international terrorism investigation. The trio lived with two other men in apartments on Arlington Avenue SW and Sixth Street NW.
Police said they were called to the Our House Cafe at 519 Cleveland Ave. SW at 6:55 p.m. Thursday when Fandi shouted at residents and the restaurant’s owners.
When the man began shouting that he played a role in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the family dialed 911.
Fandi was charged with aggravated menacing, a first-degree misdemeanor, and with disorderly conduct, a fourth-degree misdemeanor.
Makes you wonder, doesn't it?
That is what I am worried about...some average citizen might hear this "terrorist" claim that he was involved in the attack on 911...and then the average citizen shoots the "terrorist"...and then the average citizen goes to prison.
They need to get this self proclaimed terrorist off of our streets.
Lock him up and throw away the key, but the terrorists we have to worry about are those who don't attract attention to themselves.
And have lots of relatives in that town....
I agree with you, they need to lock him up and throw away the key.
I guess some swarthy males wanted details on the water treatment plant...arghhhh
I've never seen this prince but I fear that his nickname is "ArchDuke Ferdinand" if y'all get my WW1 reference.
I don't think $1000 bail is high enough. I'd make it $1 million. I don't want him on the street because I think he's likely to do something.
It's difficult to prosecute people for crimes they haven't committed yet. And that's the situation they're apparently faced with now.
I thought he was coming to NYC, not leaving, I'll do a little research.
I hope he has left, safely, hate to see WWIII start, and that would do it (in a heartbeat)
I agree.
You, me, and about 6 billion others.
I fear the dye may have already been cast, hopefully not.
I normally am a realist/optimist...
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