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MARLEE:..FIRST AT 11...WE ARE
LEARNING MUCH MORE ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED TODAY WHEN A FLINT
AIRPORT POLICE OFFICER WAS
STABBED.WE'RE GETTING ANSWERS
TO WHO THE SUSPECT IS, HOW
LONG HE WAS IN THE AIRPORT AND
WHAT HAPPENED ONCE HE GOT
INSIDE.BRIAN:..24 HOUR NEWS
8'S LYNSEY MUKOMEL WAS AT THE
AIRPORT ALL DAY.SHE HAS THE
LATEST ON WHAT WE'VE LEARNED.
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TONIGHT WE GOT OUR HANDS ON
THE FEDERAL COMPLAINT
DETAILING THE TERRORISM
CHARGE. IT SHOWS US SUSPECT
AMOR FTOUHI CAME INTO THE
AIRPORT AT 8:52, THEN ATTACKED
OFFICER JEFF NEVILLE AT 9:38. .
IT ALSO SHOWS FTOUHI
REPORTEDLY ASKED OFFICER WHY
THEY DIDN'T KILL HIM AS THEY
ARRESTED HIM. HIS FACEBOOK
SHOWS HE'S FROM TUNISIA BUT
LIVES IN QUEBEC. HE'S BEING
HELD ON A FEDERAL DETAINER.
THE AIRPORT BACK OPEN TONIGHT
BUT THE INVESTIGATION INTO
WHAT LED FTOUHI TO ALLEGEDLY
COMMITTING THIS ATTACK IS JUST
BEGINNING. DIRECTOR PUBLIC
SAFETY BISHOP INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORTCHRIS MILLER 014050 LT.
NEVILLE GOT HIM TO STOP
STABBING HIM. LT NEVILLE
FOUGHT HIM RIGHT TIL THE END
UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO HANDCUFF
THIS PERSON TERRIFYING
ACCOUNTS OF THE SCENE FROM
FIRST RESPONDERS INSIDE BISHOP
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AFTER AN
ATTACK ON ONE OF THEIR OWN.
AIRPORT FIRE AND POLICE
PERSONNEL HAD A MEETING
PLANNED AT THE AIRPORT --
MAKING THEM ABLE TO RESPOND
EVEN QUICKER TO LT JEFF
NEVILLE -- WHO THEY CALL A
FRIEND. LT DAN OWEN, BISHOP
AIRPORT FIRE AND EMS 014314 IT
WAS VERY TERRIFYING TO SEE
SOMETHING THAT QUICK AND
RESPOND LUCKILY WE WERE VERY
VERY CLOSE DISTANCE TO RESPOND
AND TAKE CARE OF THE INCIDENT
AS QUICK AS WE CAN THE FBI
SAYS THERE'S ENOUGH EVIDENCE
AGAINST AMOR FTOUHI TO FILE
TERRORISM CHARGES. HE CAME TO
THE US FROM CANADA JUNE 16.
THE FBI SAYS HE CAME THROUGH
NEW YORK THEN SOMEHOW GOT TO
MICHIGAN. HE BROUGHT IN A 12
INCH KNIFE WITH AN 8 INCH
SERRATED BLADEAND REMAINED IN
THE PUBLIC AREA OF THE AIRPORT
BEFORE HE ATTACKED THE LT.
SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE FBI
DETROIT DAVID GELIOS013653 HE
CONTINUED TO EXCLAIM ALLAH AND
HE MADE A STATEMENT SOMETHING
TO THE EFFECT OF YOU HAVE
KILLED PEOPLE IN SYRIA IRAQ
AND AFGHANISTAN AND WE ARE ALL
GOING TO DIE THE AIRPORT
CLOSED FOR ABOUT 6.5 HOURS BUT
REOPENED SHORTLY AFTER 4 TO
TRAVELERS JUST HEARING ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED. LARRY STIMSON,
TRAVELING HOME FROM SEATTLE
022939 IT SEEMS LIKE THOSE ARE
THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN AT THE
BIGGER AIRPORTS WERE NOT
IMMUNE BUT I'M THANKFUL WE
HAVE A PEACEFUL COMMUNITY THE
FBI BELIEVES THIS IS A LONE
WOLF ATTACK -- BUT SAY THEY'RE
JUST BEGINNING THEIR
INVESTIGATION INTO FTOUHI'S
BACKGROUND. 013712 WE DON'T
BELIEVE ANYONE WAS INVOLVED
WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL WE HAVE
NO INFORMATION TO SUGGEST A
WIDER PLOT BUT IT'S CERTAINLY
VERY EARLIER IN THE
INVESTIGATION EARLIER THIS
EVENING OUR FLINT AFFILIATE
REPORTED A SOURCE WHO CLAIMED
FTOUHI TRIED BUYING A GUN BUT
WAS DENIED -- THE FBI WOULD
NOT CONFIRM THAT DURING
TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE.
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MARLEE:..WE WENT TO THE FORD
AIRPORT AFTER TODAY'S STABBING
TO SEE HOW THEY ARE RESPONDING.
THE AIRPORT TELLS US MORE
OFFICERS HAVE NOT BEEN CALLED
IN, BUT THEY ARE NOW BEING
PLACED IN MORE VISIBLE
LOCATIONS.THE FORD SAYS THIS
IS TO EASE NERVES OF ANY
PASSENGERS.IN SITUATIONS LIKE
THIS, TSA DETERMINES WHETHER
MORE OFFICERS SHOULD BE CALLED
IN.
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14:17:52 "A UNIFORMED OFFICER
REALLY DOES A LOT. ESPECIALLY
IN THE AIRPORT BECAUSE A LOT
OF TIMES BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE
JUST TENSE IN GENERAL. THEY
WATCH SOMETHING ON THE NEWS OR
THEY SEE SOMETHING THAT MAKES
THEM A LITTLE UNEASY AND
THAT'S WHAT OUR AIRPORT POLICE
OFFICERS ARE HERE TO RELIEVE
THAT TENSION AND LET THEM KNOW
THEY ARE
OKAY."THE AIRPORT SAYS THE
PASSENGERS THEMSELVES CAN BE
THE BEST DEFENSE AGAINST AN
ATTACK BY LETTING OFFICERS
KNOW IF SOMETHING IS
SUSPICIOUS.