MN - St Cloud Mall stabbings - 8 hurt, perpetrator dead, September 2016

[Inthedetails]

Was his security uniform new?

Maybe he had on new undies.

 

[human]

http://www.sctimes.com/story/news/l...eaders-unite-call-calm-wake-attacks/90702236/

Minnesota shows its strength
to combat hate. Evangelical churches are involved. Proud of MN to not sink to hate. Yes!

From the article:

"The anti of fear is faith," said the Rev. James Alberts of Higher Ground Church of God in Christ. "As a faith community we've come together to bring about a sense of calm and understanding that may not exist in any other place at this time."

Members of the Somali-American and Muslim community expressed thanks for the solidarity they received from those of other faiths.

"We are worshiping one God, we are practicing faith from one source," Mahamoud Mohamed, executive director of the St. Cloud Area Somali Salvation Association, said. "What we have is human differences and those human differences can be understood and respected. We are appreciating what our brothers and sisters from other faiths are doing in Central Minnesota."

 

[Inthedetails]

http://www.sctimes.com/story/news/l...eaders-unite-call-calm-wake-attacks/90702236/

Minnesota shows its strength
to combat hate. Evangelical churches are involved. Proud of MN to not sink to hate. Yes!

From the article:

"The anti of fear is faith," said the Rev. James Alberts of Higher Ground Church of God in Christ. "As a faith community we've come together to bring about a sense of calm and understanding that may not exist in any other place at this time."

Members of the Somali-American and Muslim community expressed thanks for the solidarity they received from those of other faiths.

"We are worshiping one God, we are practicing faith from one source," Mahamoud Mohamed, executive director of the St. Cloud Area Somali Salvation Association, said. "What we have is human differences and those human differences can be understood and respected. We are appreciating what our brothers and sisters from other faiths are doing in Central Minnesota."

I hope I'm not too verbose by replying, "yep."

(Born in Minnesota, and though I'm no longer there, I still bake hotdish.)

 

[human]

I hope I'm not too verbose by replying, "yep."

(Born in Minnesota, and though I'm no longer there, I still bake hotdish.)

( but do you do Jello with marshmellows? Tator Tots of course!)

More proud of MN. Not succumbing to hate.

https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/bishop-other-leaders-call-peace-unity-after-attack-st-cloud

"We condemn what happened in the strongest words we can possibly use," said Abdul Kulane, a graduate of St. John's University in Collegeville and leader in the Somali community. "We strongly condemn any terroristic action in America or around the world. ... We don't believe in violence."

Benedictine Sr. Michaela Hedican, prioress of St. Benedict's Monastery in St. Joseph, who attended the news conference, said she felt "profound sadness" when she learned about the Sept. 17 attack at the mall.

"The sisters have been praying and will continue to pray at St. Benedict's Monastery. We have great hope that somehow we can walk over this bridge together," said Hedican, a member of the Greater St. Cloud Area Faith Leaders Group, which was formed in 2015 to promote interfaith dialogue and build relationships. Kettler also is a member.

Local Catholics can help by also turning to prayer "for the wisdom to know what best to say and do and how to offer support," Hedican said. "And then to reach out, not only to the Somali community, but to support each other and (support) the beliefs we have, including the Gospel mandate of loving our neighbor, no matter who our neighbor is.

"We also need to recognize that none of us want to be judged as to who we are by the action of one person," she said.

 

[human]

More Minnesota positive approaches.

http://wjon.com/local-moms-use-social-media-to-unite-st-cloud/

This spring, tensions boiled over at Tech High School and the negativity shown by some in the area shocked Kelly Meyer.
“It was really a wake-up call to see the [negative] comments,” says Meyer, a St. Cloud mother of two, in a Friday interview on WJON’s News at Noon Show with Jim Maurice. “I’ve always known there was a dislike of our refugee and immigrant population but I didn’t really realize how deep that anger and hatred was until I read those comments.”
“To sit back and not do anything about it really felt like being part of the problem.”

#UniteCloud Facebook page
Meyer and Natalie Ringsmuth, a Waite Park mother of three, started #UniteCloud, an online campaign with a mission of “providing education and actionable steps to resolve tension and restore dignity to all people in the St. Cloud area.”
“We really wanted to get some conversations going about all the different issues we see [in the area], and find a way to live together,” Meyer says.
“We’re not out to change anyone’s core beliefs, but to find out ways in which we can still be good neighbors and work together for a sense of community.”


Read More: Local Moms Use Social Media to Unite St. Cloud | http://wjon.com/local-moms-use-social-media-to-unite-st-cloud/?trackback=tsmclip

 

[Trino]

And, so in response to the mall stabbings, this id**t who owns a restaurant in Lonsdale puts up a sign out front, "Muslims Get Out."

I have a suggestion. Local Muslims should visit his restaurant, and if he refuses service, ACLU time. Lawsuit should put him out of business.

And, if they're served, they should drop by daily, maybe with the presence of LE or ACLU. The controversy should drive other patrons away.

 

[K_Z]

FBI Terrorism Task Force Now Heading Mall Stabbing Investigation

The FBI announced Tuesday that federal terrorism investigators are taking over the investigation in to the Saturday stabbings at a St. Cloud mall.

Special Agent-in-Charge Richard T. Thornton said the investigation will be directed by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. The St. Cloud Police Department will assist in the investigation.

https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2016/09/20/fbi-terrorism-st-cloud-mall-stabbings/

FBI takes over probe in Minn. mall stabbing case

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — The FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force has taken over the investigation of the Minnesota mall stabbing attacks, authorities say.

Special Agent in Charge Richard T. Thornton of the Minneapolis Field Office and St. Cloud Police Chief Blair Anderson made the announcement Tuesday afternoon.

St. Cloud police will continue to assist the FBI as it investigates the attacks Saturday night at the Crossroads Center mall.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...-over-probe-minn-mall-stabbing-case/90766004/

BBM. So preliminary investigation has moved this case from a "criminal investigation" by local authorities and FBI, to the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force. So this is confirmation that it is no longer a "potential" terrorist/ terrorism case.

German expert testifies about islamic radicalization in MN court.

A German expert on radicalization spent Tuesday in U.S. District Court in explaining his risk assessments of six young Somali American men from Minnesota who pled guilty earlier this year to plotting to join ISIL.

He said all cases vary, but a general rule of thumb is that it requires three times more time de-radicalize someone who has joined the cause. So, for example, if someone was radicalized over the period of one year it would take three years to completely break the bonds.

Koehler said the odds of successful reintegration are based in large part on how receptive the larger community is, and what types of support is available, in terms of counseling, therapy and mentoring.

Koehler described what he called the "radicalization recipe" -- life experiences that cause a person to be alienated from the mainstream culture in a society, which can include being a victim of racism or bullying, or lacking employment or an education.

So there's an element of rebellion and in some cases revenge.

Some of the recruits develop a sense of superior morality over non-Muslims and other sects of Muslims, and will come to believe that Muslim lives are more valuable than others.

Koehler said many of those who are radicalized experience sudden changes of behavior. For instance, they stop shaking hands with women and stop looking them in the eyes. They may suddenly stop listening to western music, which is considered blasphemy to those in the movement.

In one case the defendant told Koehler he had decided violence is not the right solution for battling the Assad Regime in Syria, and he had stopped watching ISIL videos online.

The defendant said he thought he could channel his outrage instead through humanitarian aid efforts to help the refugees and those still trapped in the civil war zone.

But later the same defendant was still watching ISIL videos, and was caught telling a friend he still wants to engage in combat in Syria.

http://www.kare11.com/news/radicalization-expert-testifies-in-minneapolis-case/322429104

 

[human]

http://bringmethenews.com/2016/09/21/stcloudunited-hundreds-rally-for-unity-in-wake-of-mall-attack/

Hundreds of St. Cloud citizens of all creed and color joined a walk for unity, peace and tolerance on Tuesday, days after a stabbing attack that authorities saw was potentially an act of terrorism.
The #StCloudUnited rally was organized by St. Cloud State University student leaders, and it comes after one of their fellow students, 20-year-old Dahir Adan, is suspected of perpetrating the mass stabbing at the Crossroads Center that injured 10 people.

 

[K_Z]

Things to know about Somalis in Minnesota

While a motive for Saturday night's attack isn't clear and it isn't clear whether the attacker was radicalized, authorities in Minnesota have struggled for years to stem recruiting of young Somali men by the Islamic State and east Africa-based militant group al-Shabab. Here are things to know about Somalis in Minnesota:

LARGEST POPULATION IN U.S.

Census numbers put the state's Somali's population at about 40,000, but community activists have said it's higher. The largest share of that group has settled in the Minneapolis area, including one neighborhood near the University of Minnesota campus that's been dubbed "Little Mogadishu." But significant numbers have also settled in St. Cloud, Willmar and other smaller cities.

TERROR RECRUITING....

In the past decade, Minnesota has struggled with terrorist groups luring some of its young Somali men overseas.

CONCERNS, EFFORTS TO STOP RECRUITING.....

Stopping recruiting has been a high priority, with law enforcement investing countless hours in community outreach and the state participating in a federal project designed to combat radical messages.

COMMUNITY ACTIVISM.....

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/09/19/things-to-know-about-somalis-in-minnesota.html

Minnesota mall stabbing could be realization of terror fears

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/18/8-people-injured-during-stabbing-attack-at-minnesota-mall.html

 

[K_Z]

Minnesota mall stabbings might realize worst fears of local Somalis

Minnesota has the nation’s largest Somali community, with census numbers placing the population at about 40,000 but with community activists saying it’s even higher.

The community has been a target for terror recruiters in recent years. More than 20 young men have left the state since 2007 to join al-Shabab in Somalia, and roughly a dozen people have left in recent years to join militants in Syria. In addition, nine Minnesota men face sentencing on terror charges for plotting to join ISIS.

The possibility of an attack on U.S. soil has been a major concern for law enforcement. Stopping the recruiting has been a high priority, with law enforcement investing countless hours in community outreach and the state participating in a federal project designed to combat radical messages.

If Saturday’s stabbings are ultimately deemed a terrorist act, it would be the first carried out by a Somali on U.S. soil, said Karen Greenburg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University School of Law.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/minnesota-mall-stabbings-might-realize-worst-fears-of-local-somalis/

BBM

 

[human]

The Somali community is working on ways to combat recruitment. It is hard . Consider that America has problems with wealthy white and middle class white young men expressing their issues by blasting away at elementary schools, Malls, theatres, colleges, etc,

http://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2016/S...to_root_out_homegrown_terror_from_within.aspx

But by funding a broad array of mental health and education programs, a counter-extremism program can lose focus on the small number of youth actually tempted by terrorist recruiting, said J.M. Berger, a counterterrorism researcher.
"There are a lot of elements that are good for a community even if you can't say it definitely leads to a reduction in violent extremism," said Berger, who is a fellow in George Washington University's Program on Extremism and an associate fellow at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism. "[But] education and unemployment are not reliable indicators of extremism."


Minnesota's pilot project was informed by a 2012 Homeland Security-funded study noting that young people's "unaccountable times and unobserved spaces" are among a set of risk factors for growing vulnerable to radicalism.


Others like Mukhtar say the project is wise to address common social concerns of Somali youth. "Young people do not worry about someone knocking on their door recruiting them to join [ISIL]," Mukhtar said. "They worry about, 'Is the gym going to be open? Where can I get employment? Am I going to graduate high school?' "

A glimmer of hope

One summer afternoon, shortly after the local ISIL trial, Hassan moderated a discussion with the family of Zacharia Abdurahman, one of the Minneapolis men who pleaded guilty in the case. Several dozen community members filled a conference room inside the U.S. attorney's office, while lawyers and law enforcement officials observed.

Seated beside Hassan, relatives of Abdurahman expressed relief that the geography buff who once worked nights at a battered women's shelter was still alive and not one of the many casualties of ISIL's campaign abroad. But they also shared the grief of not being able to hug him during jail visits.

Yusuf Abdurahman, the defendant's father, said Somali parents can no longer deny that terror recruitment is a problem in their midst. But he also made plain the challenge that lay ahead: He said his son displayed no outward signs that he wanted to go fight in Syria. He still played basketball, and loved reading his books.

As Yusuf Abdurahman and other relatives spoke that afternoon, Hassan became more hopeful about Minnesota's pilot project. The mother of another defendant, Deqa Hussen, nodded silently in the back of the room. She has since joined Hassan's Somali-American Task Force. Luger now says he hopes the gathering could be the first of several, lending Minnesota's project some momentum. Attorneys for several defendants have confirmed that they are discussing details of future meetings.

 

[K_Z]

Brother of St. Cloud stabbing suspect jailed

East Central Judicial District Judge Thomas Olson on Wednesday refused to temporarily release from jail 27-year-old Abdullahi Adan, of St. Cloud, Minnesota. He is the brother of Dahir Ahmed Adan, who authorities have accused of going on a knife attack Saturday at the mall in St. Cloud.

Court records show Abdullahi Adan pleaded not guilty to two felony drug counts in July. He is being held at the Cass County Jail after being arrested for drugs back in June of this year in Fargo. During a traffic stop, an officer smelled marijuana, detained Adan and two other men, and subsequently found various amounts of drugs and over a thousand dollars in cash in the vehicle.

Adan also has a pending appeal with the North Dakota Supreme Court after being arrested in the western part of the state late last year, officers again finding a large amount of marijuana.

http://www.kare11.com/news/crime/brother-of-st-cloud-stabbing-suspect-jailed/323883149

 

[K_Z]

FBI questions Somali business patrons

Members of St. Cloud's Somali-American community said they felt unease after the federal law enforcement questioned owners, workers and patrons of Somali-American-owned businesses about Saturday's attacks at the Crossroads Center.

Several local Somali-Americans said they were approached by federal agents Thursday afternoon at a Third Street strip mall that is occupied by Somali-American businesses. Workers and patrons said the agents questioned them about Dahir Adan, the man responsible for the attacks on 10 people at Crossroads Center.

"I can tell those people work for the government and want the truth and are willing to cooperate to help us, so that's why I spoke to them," Mohamud said.

Yahya Iman, echoed Mohamud, saying the label "terrorist" has been hard on the Somali-American community.

"It puts a big stigma on the Somali community," Iman said. "Everybody thinks now everybody is a terrorist."

http://www.sctimes.com/story/news/local/2016/09/22/fbi-seeks-mall-stabbing-info-video/90859350/

Federal investigators are asking for the public's help as they investigate the stabbings of 10 people at a Minnesota mall.

The FBI issued an appeal Thursday for information or cellphone video from people who were at Crossroads Center in St. Cloud on Saturday evening.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fbi-seeks-publics-minnesota-mall-stabbings-42292193

After a week, more questions, few answers in St. Cloud mall attack

Investigators haven't released substantial details about the incident since the morning after it happened. And in the void of official information, rumors about what sparked the attacks are spreading, cementing distrust between some longtime residents and more recent immigrants.

At a time when community leaders say they need dialogue more than ever, almost no one is talking.

"Our family loves St. Cloud and this State and we are [an] integral part of the fabric of this society," the statement said. "Therefore, we urge citizens of St. Cloud and of this State to stay united and let the law enforcement agencies gather the facts and do their job.".

The family's attorney, Abdulwahid Osman, has not returned calls to MPR since the statement was released Monday. His voicemail box is full.

In public meetings, at rallies and press conferences, Somali-American leaders have stressed that this was the act of an individual, not of a community. But some fear that this one incident, and the taint of terrorism that was linked to St. Cloud's Somali-American community by the ISIS statement, could undo years of community-building.

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/09/23/st-cloud-mall-stabbing-update

 

[K_Z]

Family buries man who stabbed 10 at St. Cloud mall

The family of the man who stabbed 10 people in a St. Cloud, Minn., mall before being shot and killed last weekend says he has been buried.

http://www.twincities.com/2016/09/23/family-buries-man-who-stabbed-10-at-st-cloud-mall/

Mayor, chief visit mall 1 week after stabbings

One week after an attacker had injured 10 people inside Crossroads Center, St. Cloud Police Chief Blair Anderson and St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis are encouraging Central Minnesotans to return to a sense of normalcy.

Standing outside the mall entrance between Target and Macy's, Anderson and Kleis greeted customers and thanked them for shopping at the mall late Saturday morning.

http://www.sctimes.com/story/news/l...visit-mall-one-week-after-stabbings/91021012/

 

[K_Z]

Comey: Extremism apparent influence in St. Cloud attack

The 22-year-old man who stabbed 10 people at a Minnesota mall earlier this month was likely inspired by radical Islamic rhetoric, FBI Director James Comey told a House panel Wednesday.

http://www.kare11.com/news/local/comey-extremism-apparent-influence-in-st-cloud-attack/327484300

FBI Director James Comey says the man who stabbed 10 people in a Minnesota mall before being shot and killed appears to have been inspired, at least in part, by extremist ideology.

Comey was asked during a Wednesday congressional hearing whether it had been confirmed that the Sept. 17 attack by 20-year-old Dahir Adan was an act of terrorism. Comey responded that the FBI is “still working on it,” but that it looks like Adan appears to have been motivated “by some sort of inspiration from radical Islamic groups.”

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2016/...emism-likely-influenced-st-cloud-mall-attack/

FBI head: Extremism apparent influence in Minnesota attack

While testifying for hours before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, Comey was asked whether authorities had confirmed that the attack earlier this month in a mall in St. Cloud was an act of terrorism. Comey responded that the FBI is "still working on it," but that it looks like Dahir Ahmed Adan, 20, appears to have been motivated "by some sort of inspiration from radical Islamic groups."

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/09/28/fbi-head-extremism-apparent-influence-in-minnesota-attack.html

BBM

Group wants St. Cloud mall video released

A group of young Somali men walked along a portion of Division Street on Sunday, holding signs and trying to draw attention to the fact that so little new information has been released about the stabbings Sept. 17 at Crossroads Center mall.

Behind the scenes, Somali community leaders also are growing restless with the pace of the investigation into why Dahir Adan, 20, stabbed 10 people in the mall before being shot to death in Macy's by Jason Falconer, former Albany police chief. While few of them are willing to go on the record about their frustrations, some of the emotion was summed up by Abdul Kulane, who was a candidate in 2014 for St. Cloud City Council and writes a column for the Times.

Stearns County Attorney Janelle Kendall said Tuesday that the investigation is progressing towards a time when the video, and more, will be released to the public.

http://www.kare11.com/news/group-wants-st-cloud-mall-video-released/327379845

 

[K_Z]

More detail on FBI Director Comey's remarks to congress about the St. Cloud MN mall stabbings, and the connection to radical islamic extremism by Dahir Adan, the perpetrator of the attacks.

**Director Comey also verifies that the Somali community in MN is the largest source of ISIS recruits in the U.S., and how the FBI is handling that.

Within hours of Adan's Sept. 17 attack at the Crossroads Center mall in St. Cloud, an arm of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed credit for the violence, using language nearly identical to claims in previous attacks.

But Comey said the claim alone was not enough for the FBI to link Adan's actions to ISIL.

"They claim responsibility for any savagery they can get their name on," he said.

Comey said the FBI is analyzing Adan's "entire electronic record and history of all of his associations" to try to learn more about the motivation behind his attack.

A spokesman for the Minneapolis office of the FBI declined to comment further because the case remains "a very active investigation.

Comey's update marked the third time in two days that top federal officials in Washington mentioned the Adan probe. On Tuesday, Homeland Security Director Jeh Johnson grouped the St. Cloud attack with this month's bombings in New York and New Jersey, and attacks in San Bernardino, Calif., and Orlando, as examples of new terror threats.

"We have moved from a world of terrorist-directed attacks to a world that also includes the threat of terrorist-inspired attacks … and terrorist-enabled attacks — those who are provided general guidance, such as potential targets, often in online conversations with terrorists overseas," Johnson said.

Comey's remarks on the St. Cloud investigation were prompted by questions from Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., who cited a 2015 House Homeland Security report that said Minnesota was the nation's top source of ISIL recruits.

Comey estimated that about eight Minnesotans had successfully joined ISIL in Syria. The FBI's largest ongoing terror investigation is taking place in Minnesota, with a probe of recruitment focused on the state's large Somali-American population. Nine Minnesota men face sentencing in November in that case, and two others have been charged in absentia.

Also on Wednesday, Comey praised the U.S. attorney's office in Minnesota, which is leading a federal pilot project to counter radicalization, and said members of the Minnesota Somali community have been "very, very" helpful.

"They don't want their sons or daughters involved in this craziness any more than anybody else does," Comey said.

http://www.startribune.com/st-cloud...-terrorist-group-fbi-director-says/395147841/

BBM

 

[K_Z]

I meant to link this earlier. This is the House Homeland Security report (66 pages) on combating terrorist and foreign fighter travel, that identifies Minnesota and it's Somali community as the main contributor of ISIS recruits from the U.S.

https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/TaskForceFinalReport.pdf

And this is from a year ago, a Star Tribune discussion of the MN Somali ISIS recruitment problem.

Minnesota leads the nation in would-be ISIL terrorists from U.S., report finds

http://www.startribune.com/minnesot...l-terrorists-from-u-s-report-finds/329942131/

Dahir Adan's attack at the St. Cloud mall is the first Somali terrorist attack on U.S. soil. As Director Comey and Homeland Security Director Jeh Johnson discussed, the most serious and concerning issues is now are the transition to "terrorism in place" of soft targets in the U.S. by "homegrown" radical islamic extremists, instead of travel to ISIS infiltrated areas to fight.

 

[K_Z]

English language magazine published by ISIS praises Dahir Adan, and gives advice to followers regarding "open source jihad" (crowd sourcing terror attacks) using knife attacks.

The magazine issue recognizes Dahir Adan for stabbing 10 people at a Minnesota mall last month "in response to the calls to target the citizens of the nations involved in the Crusader coalition." ISIS mentioned nothing of Ahmad Rahami's pressure-cooker bombs in New York and New Jersey that same weekend.

ISIS' Amaq news agency took credit for Adan's attack soon after it happened.

"Lest the operation be mistaken for one of the many random acts of violence that plague the West, it is essential to leave some kind of evidence or insignia identifying the motive and allegiance to the Khalifah, even if it is something as simple as a note pinned or attached to the victim’s body," the terror guide adds.

A footnote in the article states that ISIS won't be using the term "lone wolf," but "just terror operations" -- "just" as an adjective for "justice." Al-Qaeda calls lone operations "open-source jihad."

Hinting that the article is one in a forthcoming series about terror tactics, ISIS focused on the benefits of knives to help potential terrorists with the "ocean of thoughts" that "might pour into one’s mind" when considering an attack.

They further advise jihadists to carry an object like a baseball bat to inflict blunt-force trauma on victims before stabbing.

"Many people are often squeamish of the thought of plunging a sharp object into another person’s flesh. It is a discomfort caused by the untamed, inherent dislike for pain and death, especially after 'modernization' distanced males from partaking in the slaughtering of livestock for food and the striking of the enemy in war," the unbylined article states. "However, any such squirms and discomforts are never an excuse for abandoning jihad."

ISIS suggested a "campaign of knife attacks" in which the attacker "could dispose of his weapon after each use, finding no difficulty in acquiring another one."

https://pjmedia.com/homeland-securi...ndom-knife-attacks-in-alleys-forests-beaches/

A new issue of an English-language magazine published by the Islamic State lays out advice to would-be lone wolves on how to carry out successful stabbing attacks. The article, published in the second issue of Rumiyah, gives tips on how to choose the right knife as well as the right target. It was published late Tuesday and circulated over channels in English, German, Russian, French, Uyghur, Indonesian and Pashto.

In the issue, ISIS also brags about the stabbing attack in Minnesota carried out by Dahir Adan, who injured ten people, “in response to the calls to target the citizens of the nations involved in the Crusader coalition.” ISIS had previously claimed responsibility for the attack.

“The more gruesome the attack, the closer one comes to achieving the desired objective,” the article concludes. “The overall objective of any just terror operation is to bring horror and misery to the enemies of Allah, and to remind them that their efforts to wage war against Islam and the Muslims will only lead to more and more mujahidin appearing in their very midst, ready to strike them mercilessly on their own soil.”

There has been a litany of knife attacks on victims around the world, recently perpetrated by people claiming to support the Islamic State or who have been claimed by ISIS as working for their cause.

The article spells out the benefits to stabbing attacks, saying that knives are available everywhere and are easy to conceal. It lists instructions on how to choose the right knife. “It is explicitly advised not to use kitchen knives, as their basic structure is not designed to handle the kind of vigorous application used for assassinations and slaughter,” it says.

http://www.vocativ.com/364976/isis-english-magazine-has-tips-for-lone-wolf-knife-attacks/

 

[FindHG]

ABCNEWS
"Oct 6, 2016
Chilling Video of Minnesota Mall Attack Released | Authorities in Minnesota just released shocking surveillance video showing suspected terrorist Dahir Adan attacking a store clerk at a Minneapolis area mall last month."


[video=youtube;0hJLn7OA1ds]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hJLn7OA1ds[/video]



Graphic new videos shed light on Minnesota stabbing attack by a man the FBI believes had been ‘radicalized’
By Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post
October 6 at 1:57 PM

"investigators had so far conducted more than 180 interviews, as well as searches of physical locations, Adan’s computer and other electronic devices, cautioned that increased religiosity is not an indicator, on its own, of a shift toward violent extremism. But he said that the religiosity coupled with other character changes and Adan’s behavior on the night of the attack suggested that he may have been moved by extremist thinking.

[...]

“There is compelling evidence to suggest that this was a premeditated attack on behalf of Dahir Adan,”

[...]

On the way to the mall, Adan was also involved in a hit-and-run with a bicyclist, he said.

[...]

The FBI says that more than two-dozen young people from the Twin Cities have left the country to join extremist groups abroad over the past 15 years.

The FBI has not identified any Somali Americans from St. Cloud, which is 65 miles northwest of Minneapolis, who have traveled to fight in foreign wars. If Adan was, in fact, motivated by terrorist ideology, he would be the first to launch an attack in Minnesota.



(family seems to demur, in disbelief, through a lawyer, in his defense)


Police show video of St. Cloud mall attacker's fatal encounter with off-duty officer
The off-duty officer will not be charged in the St. Cloud mall incident that left 10 wounded, attacker dead.
By Jennifer Brooks and Paul Walsh, Star Tribune staff writers
Oct 6 16, 1:56 pm

Stearns County Attorney Janelle Kendall, who revealed graphic video showing suspect Dahir Adan running about inside the Crossroads Center mall and being shot while holding knives, announced her decision during a news conference at police headquarters that cleared Avon police officer Jason Falconer of any wrongdoing.

[... he]

entered the mall from the southeast, then ran through it to the north, chasing and stabbing his victims in the head, neck and chest while stores frantically shut their gates and shoppers ran for cover.

[...he]

asked Falconer, who had been in the mall shopping, whether he was Muslim. After seeing [him] armed with the knives, Falconer chased [him], identified himself as an officer and ordered [him] to drop the knives.

“Sometimes he’s asking [people] whether they are Muslim, other times he’s just stabbing them,”

[...]

With a knife in each hand, [he] charged Falconer twice, ignoring orders to stop, Kendall said.

[...]

With the determination that Falconer acted properly, local officials said the case now rests solely now with the FBI, which is dissecting what Adan’s motives may have been that night.

[...]

At Thursday’s news conference, FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard Thornton said that Adan may have become radicalized, on his own or by others.

He stopped short of establishing a link between Adan and a terrorist group, but said that in recent months, Adan, described by friends and family as an excellent student, became interested in religion, lost interest in things he used to enjoy, such as basketball and video games, and flunked out of school.

Before the news conference, Adan’s family met privately with investigators and viewed the video.

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[K_Z]

Another article, and views of one of the store workers who was stabbed, and the final encounter in Macy's when Officer Falconer shot and killed Dahir Adan. It's clear DA kept getting up and coming at OF, at least 3 separate times, and the knife is clearly visible in his hand. (Video is graphic.)

Also, DA asked more than one of his victims if they were muslim.

http://www.kare11.com/news/surveillance-tape-captures-mall-stabbing-rampage/329562728

FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard Thornton confirms that his investigators have concluded Adan had been radicalized, either by extremist groups or himself. Thornton described how family members and friends described noticeable changes in Adan's behavior in the days leading up to the attacks. He was increasingly withdrawn, losing weight and losing interest in things he loved like playing basketball with friends and Xbox. He began reading the Koran, something he had never done before, and became easily agitated. He also went from being an excellent student at St. Cloud State University to failing.

Stearns County Attorney Janelle Kendall then stepped to the podium, announcing there will be no charges against Avon Police Officer Jason Falconer and saying it is clear that his use of deadly force in firing on Dahir Adan was justified. To back up the decision Kendall played surveillance tape from inside Macy's that captured the fatal encounter between Falconer and Adan. She described how Adan approached Falconer in the Crossroads Mall, asking him if he was Muslim. When Falconer answered by saying no, Adan turned away, and the off-duty officer saw the two knives he was carrying.

FBI Special Agent in Charge Thornton provided the following timeline that led up to the rampage the night of September 17.

3 p.m.- Adan returns home from a shift at work, but doesn't get out of his uniform or take a nap, as was his usual custom. When asked why, he responded by saying he "had work to do that night."
7:54 p.m. - Stopped at Super America convenience store, a place he frequented. As he was leaving, a clerk said "See you later." Adan responds, "You won't be seeing me again."
8:02 p.m. - Returns to his apartment for a short time, leaves for Crossroads Mall five minutes later.
8:09 p.m. - Involved in a hit-and-run accident with a bicyclist who cracks the windshield on Adan's Camry.
8:13 p.m. - Arrives at Crossroads Mall, and begins his rampage outside the mall just one minute later.

BBM.