Iranian UNC Graduate Charged With Attempted Murder (Guess who and why.)

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -

A recent University of North Carolina graduate was charged with nine counts of attempted murder Saturday, a day after authorities say he drove through a popular campus gathering spot in an attempt to avenge Muslim deaths.

This undated photo provided Friday, March 3, 2006, by the University of North Carolina shows Mohammed Reza Taheriazar, a December 2006 UNC-Chapel Hill graduate. Taheriazar was taken into custody as the suspected driver of a sport utility vehicle that plowed into a group of people outside a University of North Carolina classroom building Friday, injuring six before speeding away. (AP Photo/University of North Carolina)
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Derek Poarch, chief of the university police department, confirmed Saturday that Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, a 22-year-old Iran native, told investigators he wanted to "avenge the deaths or murders of Muslims around the world." Poarch would not provide any other details on the motive.

Taheri-azar also is charged with nine counts of assault.
No one was seriously hurt in the incident just before noon Friday at The Pit, a sunken, brick-paved area surrounded by two libraries, a dining hall and the student union near the center of campus.

A witness said he entered the crowded area slowly, then sped through.

* I know Muslims, just another "isolated incident" right?


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