[ April 24, 2024 ]
The Quebec entered an airport in Michigan on Wednesday, yelled “Allahu akbar” and stabbed a security officer in the neck.
Airport Terrorist Sentenced
Canadian Man Stabbed Michigan Airport Police Officer in 2017
FBI, July 8, 2019
When a Canadian man stabbed an airport police officer in the neck at the airport in Flint, Michigan, investigators worked quickly to find out all they could. Why did he do this? Why Flint? Was anyone helping him?
Story continues below advertisementThe victim was saved by other officers and a Bishop International Airport employee on the scene. The attacker, later identified as Amor M. Ftouhi, a 51-year-old Tunisian native who had lived for years in Canada, was immediately arrested.
Working closely with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the FBI’s Detroit Field Office and its Joint Terrorism Task Force pieced together information about Ftouhi’s life and the days leading up to the June 21, 2017 attack. Agents fanned out across the country and reviewed surveillance footage from locations Ftouhi had visited in the U.S. The RCMP searched Ftouhi’s home and computer. FBI linguists spent months translating the information Canadian authorities found.
Investigators learned that Ftouhi had financial and family struggles back in Canada, and he had viewed anti-Western videos online.
“Things were not going well for him in his life, and he decided to take his jihad to a different level,” said FBI Special Agent Todd Reineck, who worked the case out of the FBI’s Detroit Field Office.
Investigators found that Ftouhi had looked into how to purchase a gun in the United States and thought Michigan would be the best place for him to buy one. Ftouhi had also carefully researched how to use a gun, and he specifically had an interest in targeting police.
A few days before the attack, Ftouhi left his wife and children behind in Canada and came to the United States, crossing the border in New York before driving to Michigan. Once he arrived in Michigan, Ftouhi repeatedly tried to buy an assault rifle, but he was turned down each time because he was not a U.S. citizen.
“There’s a sense of relief and that justice was served.”
Todd Reineck, special agent, FBI Detroit
Instead, Ftouhi bought a knife and searched his phone’s GPS for the nearest international airport—which happened to be Bishop International in Flint. He canvassed the airport, learning where the police officers were stationed. The next day, Ftouhi went back to the airport and carried out the attack. He approached the police officer, dropped his backpack, pulled out a knife, and repeatedly stabbed the victim.
“His goal was to kill law enforcement or the military, and he told us even if he killed innocent people, Ftouhi thought that was okay,” Reineck said.
Coincidentally there was a meeting of local law enforcement happening in an airport conference room, just a few feet from where the officer had been stabbed. Ftouhi had no opportunity to get away.
Ftouhi told police he worked alone, and investigators found no evidence of anyone helping him. He was convicted of terrorism charges in November 2018 and sentenced to life in prison in April 2019.
Reineck and the investigative team got to know the victim officer over the course of the investigation. They credit the officer himself, as well as an airport maintenance worker who rushed to save him, as the true heroes.
“A lot of guys here in the office now consider him a friend,” Reineck said, noting many in the FBI office already knew the officer from the local law enforcement community. “We’ve gone through this process with him, and we know he’s relieved that it’s over. There’s a sense of relief and that justice was served.”
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14 Comments
4 years ago
The terrorist should have been sentenced to being tied to the next plane’s tail with a 100 foot rope, just before take off.
4 years ago
Reply to
Halal Bacon
Imprison his little muslum butt in the gay section of prison where all the big, buff gay boys are incarcerated and are looking for love in all the wrong places.
4 years ago
GEE, another terrorist for mohammad trudeau to save, bring back to canukistan and reward with a multi million dollar tax free cheque- oh and give him a HERO’S WELCOME FOR ATTACKING AN ALLY !!!
I don’t know who is more dangerous, these TERRORISTS or TRUDEAU!!!!
4 years ago
Reply to
Bikinis not Burkas
well , during the past 4 years (and I include during the 2015 election when he TOLD US he was going to reinstate citizenship for terrorists and reinstate charity status for terrorist funding groups here in canada) I have noticed NO CANADIANS HAVE BEEN PROTESTING IN THE STREETS DEMANDING THESE TERRORISTS NOT BE ALLOWED HERE IN CANADA, BROUGHT BACK TO CANADA FROM FOREIGN JAILS OR AFTER JOINING AND PERPETRATING HORRENDOUS CRIMES AGAINST OUR ALLIES AND INNOCENT PEOPLE, GIVEN MULTI MILLION DOLLAR SECRET CHEQUES FOR KILLING, MAIMING INNOCENTS AND ALLY SOLDIERS!
I mean , canadians have continued to ALLOW IT and yes even reward it while also giving them all the GOLD PLATED WELFARE, HEALTH CARE AND FULL EXEMPTION FROM WORKING, CONTRIBUTING, OBEYING AND RESPECTING THE LAWS OF THE LAND AND WE CANADIANS, ASSIMILATION AND SO ON.
In fact ALONG WITH THE TRUDEAU LIBERALS AND THEIR MUSLIM SHARIA CABINET MEMBERS, CANADIANS HAVE LITERALLY EMPOWERED AND ENRICHED THESE BARBARIANS while allowing them to freely enter canada, no questions, background checks, proof of I.D. or anything else, every second of every day! FACT!!
So WHO REALLY HAS ALLOWED THIS , PROMOTED IT AND IN FACT WILLINGLY PAID FOR IT- and will no doubt do it again in october??
4 years ago
Reply to
Bikinis not Burkas
I won’t bother to share all the details about trudeaus current behind the doors work to bring back ‘canadian’ ISIS members from Turkey!! yup, these fine young men and women who left canada to join this terrorist group and who have willingly beheaded, tortured, killed innocents and yes, even ALLIES, are , after trudeau negotiated with TURKEY (where many are currently in prison over there) to bring them all back to Canada- and yes, EVEN FOREIGN ISIS MEMBERS WHOSE OWN COUNTRIES REFUSE THEM REPATRIATION (jIHADI JACK FROM BRITAIN WAS IN FACT ONE TRUDEAU WAS ARRANGING TO BRING HERE WHEN BRITAIN REFUSED, HOWEVER NEGOTIATIONS COLLAPSED FOR SOME REASON- NOT SHARED, AND SO HE DIDN’T COME) our “keystone cops/liberal lap dogs” the rcmp are now BEING SENT TO TURKEY TO BRING THEM ALL BACK SAFELY TO CANADA!! FACT- WAS WELL REPORTED!! Add to this , trudeau did his own internal investigation to ensure none were tortured!! also FACT!! NO doubt he is printing the multi million dollar cheques as we speak!!
oh well, he has allowed in over 400 SOUTH AMERICAN/MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL KILLERS INTO CANADA AND NO ONE KNOWS WHERE THEY ARE but I would be willing to bet they have their families here all living off the gold plated welfare ( for non canadians ), gold plated health care and the big , multi welfare cheques per person per month off we taxpayers!! I undestand many of these illegals, criminals terrorists and so on all living the gold plated life here -(the first $50,0000 tax free cheque given them the second they hit our soil) can’t be found by authorities now!!LOL, CANUKS ARE COMMITTING SUICIDE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE GLOBE AS THEY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT, PAY AND REWARD THE TREASONOUS, NAZI/TERRORIST REGIME UNDER MOHAMMAD TRUDEAU!! CANADA IS ALREADY DONE, NO LONGER A LEGITIMATE NATION AND SOON CANUKS- WE WHITE, CHRISTIANS BORN OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS, WILL ALL BE ERADICATED NOT ONLY FROM THE MAPS BUT THE HISTORY BOOKS AS WELL!
4 years ago
Hey Pam. Please fix your grammar…It’s not too hard to double check .
4 years ago
Was he sentenced to be hanged?? It might be good to see a Mouslem body swinging in the Town Square. Maybe, that’s what’s needed? A few Leftist on either side might be more convincing.
I’m quite sure Parliament would straighten up, Truedodo would suddenly announce his retirement and some Mouslems might start packing up for home.
McGA!
4 years ago
Mum”s the word in mainstream media. We don’t want to upset the liberals who will cry Isalmaphobia. Living a very rual area of America, we had a Muslim attempt to buy 264 acres for a “camp’ Luckly, it was late at night and authorities were called when told he would have to contact the real estate office and offered cash. Over half a million in cash.
4 years ago
Flint is odd, not on any commute from Quebec through New York to Michigan. Must be something to it.
4 years ago
The Canadian government will try to tell you he’s mentally ill. Don’t believe them. He’s a vicious cold blooded murder plain and simple. Prosecute him to the fullest extent of your law, because if he did the same thing here our government would give him millions of dollars and a big fat national cuddle. (I’m being sarcastic about the cuddle, but seriously, throw him in prison for life.)
4 years ago
The Canadian government will try to tell you he’s mentally ill. Don’t believe them. He’s a vicious cold blooded murder plain and simple. Prosecute him to the fullest extent of your law, because if he did the same thing here our government would give him millions of dollars and a big fat national cuddle. (I’m being sarcastic about the cuddle, but seriously, throw him in prison for life.)
4 years ago
Quran 8:12 at work once again!
