For the second time in just over a year, a Somali “refugee” has allegedly stabbed shoppers with a knife at a Minnesota mall.
The first case, on Sept. 17, 2016, was a clear act of jihad when Dahir Adan injured 10 people in the Macy’s at the Crossroads Center Mall in St. Cloud after asking his victims, chosen at random, if they were Muslim.
But on Sunday night, a man identified as Mahad Abdiaziz Abdirahman, 20, of Minneapolis was arrested and detained in connection with the stabbing of two men at the Mall of America after they tried to stop him from allegedly stealing clothes inside the dressing room at Macy’s.
Bloomington Police Chief Jeff Potts said in a news conference that “the suspect went in and tried to take some property and, when confronted, he produced a knife and stabbed one man. Some family members assisted the victim and a second man sustained another knife wound.”
The first floor of the Macy’s store was temporarily closed after the incident.
KSTP reporter Beth McDonough reported heavy police presence at the mall Sunday night up to 10 p.m.
“The initial investigation has revealed that one of the victims returned to the dressing room after trying on clothing and found the suspect attempting to steal his personal property,” Bloomington Police said in a press release. “A confrontation ensued and the suspect pulled a knife and stabbed the victim. The second victim, who is related to the first, heard the confrontation and intervened and in doing so was also stabbed. The suspect received minor injuries from the victims while they disarmed him… Mahad Abdiaziz Abdirahaman, 20 years old from Minneapolis, is being held on 2 counts of 1st Degree Assault.”
While police identified the latest attacker as Mahad Abdirahman, the local Star-Tribune still was or background on Monday morning, referring to the man arrested only as “the suspect.”