US Court Sentences Canadian Islamist To Life For Attacking Policeman - Justice Department

Faizan Hashmi Published April 19, 2019 | 01:15 AM

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 19th April, 2019) A Canadian Islamist on a mission to kill as many American police officers as possible has been sentenced to life in prison for an attack on his first victim - an airport security officer, the US Department of Justice said in a press release on Thursday.

"Amor M. Ftouhi, 51, of Quebec, Canada, was sentenced today by US District Judge Matthew F. Leitman to life in prison for committing an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries and two other offenses in conjunction with his attack on a Bishop Airport police officer on June 21, 2017," the release said.

According to evidence presented at trial, Ftouhi entered the United States from Canada on a professed mission for the purpose of killing police officers, the release explained.

After several unsuccessful attempts to buy guns, Ftouhi settled for a knife, which he used to stab a police lieutenant at Bishop Airport in the US state of Michigan while shouting "Allahu Akbar," the release said.

While under arrest, Ftouhi told police he was a devotee of Osman bin Laden and the Al Qaeda terror group (banned in Russia), and that he wanted to steal the airport officer's gun to kill more policemen, according to the release.