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I was surprised to see this story wasn't up here yet, but knowing my posting luck someone will probably beat me to it as I type this.
All I can say is, wow, what an absolutely terrifying experience for these people! It sounds like several diners even had their young children with them.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/inside-mac...ying-attack-ohio-restaurant/story?id=36889413
All I can say is, wow, what an absolutely terrifying experience for these people! It sounds like several diners even had their young children with them.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/inside-mac...ying-attack-ohio-restaurant/story?id=36889413
[doublepost=1455324964,1455324176][/doublepost]By the way, I'm sure I'm not the only one to pick up on the irony of a guy named Mohamed attacking a restaurant called Nazareth, right? Just saying... Perhaps there are some cultural, religious and/or terrorist motivations here.Machete-Wielding Man, Mohamed Barry, 30, Viciously Attacks Diners at Ohio Restaurant
The machete-wielding man who allegedly injured four people in an attack at an Ohio restaurant before he was shot and killed by police was known to the FBI, but not under full scale investigation [...]
The suspect, identified as Mohamed Barry, 30, according to Franklin County Coroner Dr. Anahi Ortiz, was in a law enforcement database which includes names potentially related to terrorism, sources said. [...]
[...] the motive is not yet clear.
Barry had a Columbus address, but police do not yet know where he is from [...]
The man's attack was first reported at the Nazareth Restaurant and Deli in Columbus around 6 p.m. Thursday, the Columbus Police Department said today. The man allegedly walked into the restaurant, had a conversation with an employee and left, before returning about 30 minutes later [...]
That's when he allegedly approached a man and a woman sitting by the door and launched his attack [...]
"Some guy pulled out a machete and started stabbing people," one mother said in a 911 call obtained by ABC News. "I ran out with my kids." She said she was calling from another store's bathroom with her two young children.
"My wife just called me in a panic," another 911 caller said, "telling me that a guy in the restaurant's stabbing people. And she's hiding, I think, out in the back. She cut her hand pretty bad."
The caller added: "I don't know what happened, she called in a panic, crying. She's terribly hysterical right now."
"A gentleman came in with a machete and started hacking at people," another 911 caller said. "He came in and immediately attacked a man on the right." [...]
Two people at the restaurant described the attack as "carnage" and "systematic," ABC affiliate WSYX ABC 6 in Columbus reported. "He just started down the row hitting everybody," customer Karen Bass told the station. [...]
"Some of the patrons there started throwing chairs at him just trying to get him out of there," Columbus police Sgt. Rich Weiner said, according to the AP. "There was no rhyme or reason as to who he was going after."
Barry eventually fled the scene in a car with police in pursuit, according to a police press release.
A man who apparently encountered the suspect on the road also called 911.
“You need to get this guy—he just nearly collided and nearly caused an injury accident,” the caller said. “And he has a long knife—you did hear that, right? And he has a weapon.”
After some time, the suspect stopped and exited the car, armed with a machete in one hand and a knife in the other [...]
Officers deployed a taser to prevent him from fleeing again, but it wasn't effective. As the suspect lunged at police, an officer shot him multiple times, according to the release. [...]
Barry died at the scene, police said.
Four victims -- three men and one woman -- were hospitalized after the attack [...]
(Victims names and ages at link)
No officers were injured [...]