(University of California – Merced)
An 18-year-old named Faisal Mohammad “had a
smile on his face” as he stabbed four people at a University of California
campus in Merced, according to witnesses. He was shot and killed by campus
police officers who responded to the school after hearing about the attack. The
incident occurred on the morning of November 4 in the town of Merced, just over
100 miles east of San Jose. A statement from the school said that the attack happened
outdoors on the campus in front of the Classroom and Office Building. Later it
emerged that the stabbing began inside of a classroom and spilled out into the
front of the building.
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On November 4, 2015, 18-year-old student
Faisal Mohammad stabbed and injured four people with a hunting knife on the
campus of the University of California, Merced
in Merced, California. He was then shot dead by
university police. Mohammad's history was put under investigation by federal
authorities due to questions raised about possible lone-wolf terrorism. The Federal Bureau of Investigation
concluded that Mohammad was inspired to commit the attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and the
Levant (ISIS), and that the attack was an act of lone-wolf terrorism.
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