The FBI was investigating Tuesday whether a double stabbing in the state of Virginia over the weekend was motivated by Islamic extremism.
The attack at an apartment complex in Roanoke, Virginia occurred late Saturday when an armed assailant attacked and seriously wounded a man and a woman.
“Both were attacked with a knife and severely injured,” a statement from the Roanoake police department says in a statement.
“The male was able to fight off the attacker who fled the scene.”
A separate FBI statement says witnesses reported during the attack that the suspect, 20-year old Wasil Farooqui, yelled “Allah Akbar.”
“It is believed that this was a random attack and Mr. Farooqui had no connection to the two victims,” the police statement says.
Authorities said he currently is being held without bond at a jail in Roanoke.
— AFP
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