The knife attacker who sent 4 people to the hospital at University of California, Merced yesterday has been identified as 18-year-old Faisal Mohammad:
Suspect in UC Merced stabbings identified as 18-year-old Faisal Mohammad – Here's what we know: https://t.co/OEfSoYGeDl
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) November 5, 2015
Mohammad reportedly grew up in nearby Santa Clara And and was a freshamn at the school studying computer science and engineering:
Breaking: Student Faisal Mohammad, suspect in @ucmerced stabbings, graduated from Wilcox High School in June, 2015. #UCMercedStabbing
— Mark Gomez (@MarkMgomez) November 5, 2015
18yo #UCMerced stabbing suspect Faisal Mohammad ID'ed as freshman CS+Engineering major from #SantaClara. @FBI also investigating.
— Stephanie Chuang (@StephChuang) November 5, 2015
UC Merced Stabbing Suspect Identified as Santa Clara Teen #Faisal Mohammad https://t.co/TzgamsiFGi via @nbcbayarea
— Wajahat "Abu Khadija" Ali (@WajahatAli) November 5, 2015
And the Fresno Bee reports that the “Federal Bureau of Investigations and U.S. Department of Homeland Security” are helping local authorities with the investigation.
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