Sunday, January 13, 2008
Update on the Maldives Boy Scout....
Turns out that the assassin - stopped by the heroic Boy Scout - was indeed a full-fledged Jihadi, not a 'lone knifeman'.
Full story here. ¶ 8:24 PM
Ibrahim said he had no doubt the attacker was a militant or inspired by an extremist vision of the world, a view seconded by people who know the suspect.
"He had a long beard; he shouted 'Allahu akbar' when he took out his knife. He kept shouting it," Ibrahim said from the hospital in Male where he is recovering from wounds to his left hand sustained in the attack.
The assassin [according to his mother] had long been pious and often listened to Islamic CDs. Another person who knew the assassin — a former teacher who asked not to be further identified for fear of attracting attention — told the AP he had in recent years become more interested in the more extreme elements of Islam and frequently watched videos made by militants in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Full story here. ¶ 8:24 PM
