Hanover, Virginia – Omar Abdelaal just turned 16 – now, he’s looking at 20-to-life. Omar is accused of attacking another teen with an axe, sloughing off the left side of the kids face. The victim, just 15, had to have his face sewn back together with about 120 stitches. The entire attack was captured on video surveillance at a frequent teen hangout called Tractor Supply, Co. According to police, two groups of teens were arguing in the parking lot when Omar and his friends walked away and entered the supply store – the victim and his friends weren’t far behind. At some point, Omar broke away from the entire group, grabbed an axe from a display, removed the protective cover, and attacked the other teen. On the surveillance video, the victim could be seen facing Omar with his hands at his sides when he was hit.
In his statement to police, Omar stated that he hadn’t felt threatened and wasn’t provoked by the victim. Guess he was just feelin’ froggy then? Damn. A friend of Omar, Hunter Kusterer, tells a different story. He claims Omar acted in self-defense. Hunter said that he, Omar, and another friend were hanging out at a fast-food joint when a truck packed with the victim and five other teens pulled up. “Then they turned their truck around and one of them came out to us, the one who later got hit with an axe, well, he got in my face and started a fight with me or something and he said that I had said something to him and I said I don’t know what you’re talking about…. and they were yelling “go to tractor supply. They have razors for sale so you can go cut yourself”", said Hunter. After the truck drove off, the trio headed over to Tractor Supply, Co. “When we were in the parking lot, the guys were sitting there in their trucks and they yelled the same stuff at us.” Hunter went on to state that the other boys followed them into the store, taunting them. “And they kinda cornered us in there and said stuff to us and they pulled knives and took them off the shelf and they were saying “you can cut yourself with this, it works very well.” And that’s about the time Omar lost his cool and started choppin’.
Omar Abdelaal, 16, is charged with aggravated malicious wounding. Prosecutors plan to try him as an adult.
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Tags: Axe, Crime, Hanover, Juvenile, malicious wounding, Omar Abdelaal, Virginia
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