Man with machete attacks diners in Ohio

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FBI probes machete attack at Ohio restaurant, police say motive unclear

Published February 12, 2016
FoxNews.com

The FBI is investigating a machete attack Thursday night that turned a popular, Israeli-owned restaurant in Columbus, Ohio, into a bloodbath, but local police say there is no indication so far of a terror motive.

Of the four patrons wounded in the attack at the Nazareth Restaurant and Deli, one was in critical condition before being upgraded to “stable.” The attacker was identified as Mohammad Barry, a law enforcement source told Fox News.

"There's nothing to lead us to believe this is anything more than a random attack," Columbus police spokesman Sgt. Rich Weiner told the The Columbus Dispatch.

Weiner added that the FBI is also investigating the attack but declined say why.

A source told Fox News the FBI is scouring Barry's background, which includes interviewing associates and digging into his travel history. Fox is also told that investigators are looking into Barry's digital and online footprint for terrorist propaganda or evidence of communication extremists.

Police said the suspect walked into the restaurant around 5:30 p.m. and spoke with an employee before leaving. Local reports said he asked for the owner, but police did not confirm that. The suspect returned nearly 30 minutes later with machete in hand and attacked a couple, and then turned on diners who came to their aid, police said.

The suspect fled in a car, which was eventually stopped by cops, triggering the fatal encounter. According to local reports, as officers approached the man’s vehicle, he got out with a knife in one hand and the machete in the other. After an unsuccessful attempt to subdue the man with a Taser, he lunged towards cops forcing them to open fire.

Officials say the motivation for the man’s attack was unclear. Witnesses described a terrifying scene inside the restaurant.

“He looked straight at me, but he went over to the booths and just started going down the booths. It all seemed to happen in slow motion,” a waitress told WBNS.

A patron also described the frightening scene.

“He came in and started beating up on another man, I thought it was a personal thing. Then he just started down the row hitting everybody; people were bleeding,” Karen Bass, a restaurant patron, told My Fox 28 Columbus.

Nazareth has been open for 20 years and is a popular spot for locals in the neighborhood, in which the owner is known for greeting customers with a baseball bat in attempt at lighthearted humor.

It was not clear if there was any political or racial motivation for the attack, but the Nazarath is known for its multiculturalism. The entrance is adorned with a small Israeli flag and the Arabic phrase, "Ahlan Wa Shalan" which translates to "You are my family, take it easy."

Fox News Channel's Matt Dean contributed to this report
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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/02/1...hio-restaurant-police-say-motive-unclear.html


So, Mohammad's motive for attacking strangers in an Israeli-owned restaurant is unknown. :hmm:

The diners fought back with chairs.
 
A guy named Mohammed attacks an Israeli deli,and they think it was random?

That's like a coroner my dad used to talk about who concluded bodies full of knife wounds with feet in cement pulled from the river were suicides.
 
I have always been intimated whenever I see a machete so I cant imagine the horror the patrons were feeling during this. Crazy!
 
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/12/us/columbus-machete-attack-motive/


The owner is a Christian from Israel and the attacker thought he was Jewish , I would say this is a hate crime and terrorist attack


"Thursday night and attacked several people before police killed him following a car chase, authorities said.

His motive remains unclear, but investigators are trying to determine if the Nazareth Restaurant & Deli was chosen under the mistaken belief the restaurant had a Jewish owner, sources told CNN."
 
I would have thrown day old bagels or a marbled rye at him. Or just have shot him. :D
 
Woody said:
I would have thrown day old bagels or a marbled rye at him. Or just have shot him. :D
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Only if someone did have a gun , I think if someone did they would had use it . It too bad someone didn't throw a chair hard enough at the SOB head and knocked him out.
 
whatdidyousay! said:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/12/us/columbus-machete-attack-motive/

The owner is a Christian from Israel and the attacker thought he was Jewish , I would say this is a hate crime and terrorist attack

"Thursday night and attacked several people before police killed him following a car chase, authorities said.

His motive remains unclear, but investigators are trying to determine if the Nazareth Restaurant & Deli was chosen under the mistaken belief the restaurant had a Jewish owner, sources told CNN."
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Either way, it would be a hate crime from his viewpoint. To a Muslim, the only thing worse than a Jew is an Arab becoming a Christian. They're both infidels who need to be done away with.
 
Reba said:
Either way, it would be a hate crime from his viewpoint. To a Muslim, the only thing worse than a Jew is an Arab becoming a Christian. They're both infidels who need to be done away with.
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Yeah I know Jewish and Christian people aren't like by most Muslim . It would had been a hate crime either way , from what is being reported the attacker thought the owner was Jewish and he would attack if he knew was Christian , I said this was a hate crime , meaning it would had happen if the attacker knew the owner was a Christian . My daughter had a friend who was Muslim, the little girl came to my child birthday party and her mother knew we are Jewish. So not all Muslim hate Jewish people .
 
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