FBI probing possible Virginia terror attack

[MowCowWhoHow III]

Source: CBS

ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. -- The FBI is investigating a double stabbing here Saturday night as a possible terrorist attack, reports CBS News Investigative Unit Senior Producer Pat Milton, citing law enforcement sources.

One told Milton the suspect yelled “Allah Akbar” -- Arabic for God is Great -- during the stabbing. Witnesses told police they heard the same thing, reports CBS Roanoke affiliate WDBJ-TV.

Police said Wasil Farooqui, 20, stabbed a man and woman in a random attack that left the victims severely wounded and hospitalized. He’s being held without bond.

The victims told police they were attacked as they entered The Pines Apartments just before 8 p.m.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-probing-possible-virginia-terror-attack/

[ileus]

1. Random or Terror attack or hate crime....we will never know.

[metalbot]

2. They've arrested the guy

So I expect some explanation will be forthcoming.

[cynzke]

3. UDATE: THE GUY HEARS VOICES!

[uppityperson]

6. Mental health issues? Is this for real or speculation? Thank you

[dgibby]

4. Roanoke is about

40 miles from my little hometown. It's where everyone here goes to shop. My niece and her friends were just there for a Beach Boys concert. Sure hope this was someone with mental issues and not an ISIS related incident. Trump doesn't need more ammo.

[Yo_Mama]

5. Well, the guy looks highly suspicious, and FBI was tracking him prior

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-probing-possible-virginia-terror-attack/

A U.S. intelligence source tells CBS News Farooqui has been on the FBI’s radar for months and is believed to be self-radicalized.

That source says authorities aren’t sure whether Farooqui is an American citizen.

The source adds that Farooqui tried to go to Syria earlier this year but only got as far as Europe, then returned to the U.S., and the trip is what alerted law enforcement to him.

Doesn't mean he doesn't have mental issues though - I bet many of them do, from personality disorders all the way through incipient psychosis.

[ileus]

7. We stopped going to Roanoke and started going to Bristol.

40 minutes closer...

[Blue_Tires]

8. Don't the folks who typically do these things

do them in more visible, high-profile places??