Tennessee: Muslim goes on stabbing spree at truck stop, killing three women and injuring a fourth
April 7, 2020 6:19 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER 55 COMMENTS
Maybe Idris Abdus-Salaam was simply mentally ill. Maybe he had some relationship with his victims. But we have seen many times jihadis going on stabbing sprees in Europe, and the Islamic State issued this call in September 2014:
So O muwahhid, do not let this battle pass you by wherever you may be. You must strike the soldiers, patrons, and troops of the tawaghit. Strike their police, security, and intelligence members, as well as their treacherous agents. Destroy their beds. Embitter their lives for them and busy them with themselves. If you can kill a disbelieving American or European — especially the spiteful and filthy French — or an Australian, or a Canadian, or any other disbeliever from the disbelievers waging war, including the citizens of the countries that entered into a coalition against the Islamic State, then rely upon Allah, and kill him in any manner or way however it may be….If you are not able to find an IED or a bullet, then single out the disbelieving American, Frenchman, or any of their allies. Smash his head with a rock, or slaughter him with a knife, or run him over with your car, or throw him down from a high place, or choke him, or poison him….
“Durham truck driver killed after stabbing 3 to death at Tennessee truck stop,” WATE, April 7, 2020:
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – A stabbing suspect who was shot and killed after fatally stabbing three women and hospitalizing a fourth at a Knoxville truck stop early Tuesday has been identified by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
The deceased suspect, Idris Abdus-Salaam, 33, was a truck driver from Durham, North Carolina.
The three deceased victims were all employed at the Pilot Travel Center on Strawberry Plains Pike. They have been identified as:
Joyce Whaley, 57
Patricia Denise Nibbe, 51
Nettie R. Spencer, 41
The fourth victim, who was a customer, remains hospitalized.
The report of a stabbing at the truck stop at 7210 Strawberry Plains Pike was made just before 7 a.m.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation confirmed three female victims were fatally stabbed and another woman was takento a nearby hospital.
The condition of the hospitalized individual is unknown at the time.
The male stabbing suspect, Abdus-Salaam, was shot and killed by law enforcement, TBI spokesperson Leslie Earhart said.
Upon arrival, officers observed at least one person with stab wounds outside of the store. A man, armed with a knife and identified by witnesses as the suspect, was also observed in the parking lot.
Officers confronted the individual who refused to drop the weapon. At some point during the encounter, one of the officers fired shots, striking the man. He was pronounced dead at the scene…. |
