Off-Duty Officer Stops Terror Suspect On Stabbing Rampage In Mall

By James England

ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA — An off-duty police officer was able to stop a violent extremist in the midst of a stabbing rampage which left eight people injured at a local mall. The incident is still under investigation but the suspect is believed to have shouted “Allahu ackbar” prior to brutally stabbing his victims. He allegedly asked one individual whether or not he was a muslim before stabbing him. The attack has not been labeled a terrorist attack because St. Cloud is still investigating it.

According to Star Tribune, the off-duty officer used his gun to neutralize the attacker in a Macy’s store. Because the attacks were spread throughout the mall, the entire mall is being treated as a crime scene according to St. Cloud police.

“All of a sudden I heard pop, pop, pop,” Harley Exsted told the St. Cloud Times. “I thought someone tipped over a shelf. All of a sudden these people started running. I just saw everybody running our way.”

It wasn’t the man screaming Alluhu ackbar or the stabbings that got the crowd running — it was the sound of gunshots. And if that off-duty officer had not been armed and ready, there likely would have been …Read the Rest

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