Newly obtained federal court documents show the Canadian man accused of stabbing an airport officer came to Flint with the sole purpose of "killing armed U.S. government employees" in the name of Allah.
Investigators said Ftouhi stabbed Neville in the neck and sliced his throat with a 12-inch serrated blade before the officer and several others subdued and restrained him.
After they wrestled Ftouhi to the ground, witnesses told investigators he yelled “you have killed people in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, and we are all going to die.”
Neville was rushed to the hospital where he underwent emergency surgery. Doctors said the knife was just millimeters from cutting major arteries and veins. Neville was released from the hospital about a week after the attack.
Court documents how in an interview after his arrest, Ftouhi told FBI agents he entered the United States “with the sole purpose of killing armed U.S. government employees.”
Ftouhi said it was his “mission” and called himself a “soldier of Allah.” He also threatened to kill the agents interviewing him if given the chance, according to court documents.
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