Minnesota stabbing: Eight injured, suspect shot dead

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At least eight people were wounded in a stabbing attack at a shopping mall in the US state of Minnesota, before the suspected attacker was shot dead by police, officials say.
The attack happened in St Cloud, 70 miles (110km) north-west of Minneapolis. The motive is unclear.
The suspected attacker reportedly made references to Allah before he was killed.
None of the injuries were life-threatening, local police said.
An off-duty police officer from another jurisdiction shot and killed the suspect, said St Cloud Police Chief Blair Anderson.
The suspect, who has not been identified, was said to have been wearing the uniform of a private security firm when the attack occurred.
The attacker asked at least one person if they were Muslim, Mr Anderson said, adding police "will be diligent and get to the bottom of this".
He said police have no evidence to believe more than one person was involved in the attack.

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Ban Knives! :x

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Ban adhd drugs

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Ban adhd drugs

I can't focus on that right now.

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i've spent many an hour at the crossroads mall in my life, it was about an hour from my hometown and much larger than the mall we had. :shock: my parents wanted to go there frequently because then we could eat at red lobster, which we didn't have :lol:

my brother worked at a baseball card/comic book store there when he was in college :shock:

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Ban Knives! :x

Why? No-one died at the hands of a knife, the only death in this story was by gunfire........... :dance:

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The St. Cloud mayor and police chief said nine victims, not eight, were stabbed at Minnesota mall Saturday.
Three people remain hospitalized, including one in life-threatening condition.
The FBI is calling the attack "a potential act of terrorism."
The mayor and police chief also praised off-duty Avon police officer Jason Falconer for killing the suspect as the assailant threatened other people in the mall attack.
"He clearly prevented additional injuries and potentially loss of life," Mayor Dave Kleis said.
The mall remains closed Sunday and will reopen Monday.

The man who stabbed at least eight people at a Minnesota mall Saturday before being shot dead by an off-duty police officer was a "soldier of the Islamic state," according to an ISIS-linked news agency.

The statement posted online Sunday by the Amaq agency follows a pattern of ISIS-related media claiming responsibility for what appear to be the acts of individuals across Europe in the past few months.
CNN cannot independently confirm this latest claim.
"We still don't have anything substantive that would suggest anything more than what we know already, which is this was a lone attacker," St. Cloud Police Chief William Blair Anderson told CNN's Jake Tapper Sunday. "And right now, we're trying to get to the bottom of his motivations."
Police and witnesses said the man, wearing a private security company uniform, entered Crossroads Mall on Saturday night around 8 p.m. ET, made a reference to Allah and asked at least one person if they were Muslim before he attacked.
Seven of the wounded were treated and released, while one victim remains hospitalized, Chief Anderson said. Police are trying to confirm if a ninth victim was transported to a hospital outside the city, Anderson said.
Ashley Bayne, an employee of JCPenney at the mall, was visiting a coworker at the time of the incident.
"All of sudden chaos just broke out," she told CNN's Nick Valencia on Sunday. "There was a bunch of people running into the JCPenney mall entrance, and they were just screaming that someone was going around the mall stabbing people, and that there was blood everywhere. It was just honestly a really scary experience."
Bayne said she ran out to the parking lot and took off in her car.
The stabbings occurred in multiple locations inside the mall, including the common area and in several stores. The mall has security teams on site but they are not armed.
Shortly after, an off-duty officer confronted the attacker.
"The individual we believe to be responsible for the victim's stab wounds is currently deceased inside the mall," police said early Sunday.

While the attacker was not identified, authorities said he'd had three previous encounters with police.
Anderson said most of the encounters were for minor traffic violations. None resulted in an arrest.

Anderson declined to provide further details or say whether the attacker was a resident of St. Cloud. He said he is not ready to describe the stabbings as a terrorist attack until details such as a motive are established.
City changed forever
The police chief said the attack had changed the city forever.
"It's an awful day. We've got eight victims who were assaulted here in our mall ... things wont be the same here," Anderson said.
While the mall will be closed until further notice because it's considered a crime scene, he said, there's no imminent threat to the city.
"Right now, we don't have information to indicate anyone else is involved," he said.
St. Cloud is about 65 miles northwest of Minneapolis and has a population of 67,000.
"Honestly, last night once everything had happened it still felt unreal, it didn't seem like something that would happen at our mall," said Bayne, the JCPenney employee. "I've been a little shaky ... kind of been crying about it a little bit. But it's definitely something you think about after it happens ... It's really scary to think about and I'm ... just thankful to be alive."

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Why? No-one died at the hands of a knife, the only death in this story was by gunfire........... :dance:

Praise Allah.

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Praise Allah.

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