we got an officer down there. reports of a stabbing. reporter: june 21st, lieutenant jeff neville was manning his post at bishop international airport in flint, michigan, when amor ftouhi car carried out an alleged terror attack emerging from a bathroom with a 12-inch knife, yelling in arabic, and ambushed him. it was an attack from the rear. it was very sudden, there was no warning. it was very intense. reporter: that s when a quick thinking airport maintenance man jumped in. the way that he reacted was was spectacular. because the maintenance man hadn t been walking beside me i wouldn t be here talking to you today. reporter: and tom, authorities believe fa tutouhi a lone wolf. lieutenant neville is recovering well and says he absolutely plans to return to his post at the airport, tom? alex perez for us tonight. alex, thank you. there was much more ahead on world news tonight this tuesday. the dramatic moment, an 18-wheeler barreled out of control. caught on camera. what fellow drivers did next. plus, we ll take a look at the parade of fourth of july deals this holiday. the good news tonight for
We will leave it there. thanks. a fox news letters, we are awaiting a briefing about the attack on a police officer at a michigan airport. the man stabbed a police officer in the neck in the flint, michigan, airport. lieutenant neville is in stable condition. michael mccall, the house security chairman weighs in on the suspect. he was probably doing this in retaliation for the killings in the middle east in his words, he traveled from canada to new york, then to michigan, attempted to purchase a firearm, was denied because he is a foreign national, instead bought a 12-inch knife and then attempted to kill a police officer. we have more on the investigation from flint, michigan. garrett. well, we learned that this attack it could have been much
He s a citizen of canada who was originally from tunisia. after the stabbing, which happened early yesterday morning, lieutenant neville was sited by other citizens, other police officers, workers in the airport that came to his atd and the lieutenant himself fought back against his attacker. we are told that the lieutenant is in stable condition and he is improving. and our thoughts are with him and his family. yesterday, at approximately 5:00 p.m., this office charged mr. ftouhi with violating 18 united states code section 37 a 1, which is called committing violence at an international airport. that crime, makes it illegal for any person to unlawfully and intentionally use a weapon to perform acts of violence against a person at an airport serving international civil aviation.
And the canadian authorities. our prayers are with the officer and his family for a full recovery. thank you. good afternoon. i m the official agent in charge of the fbi in the state of michigan. i appreciate you being here again today. i want to qualify my brief update with the fact that this is still a pending investigation. i won t get into a great deal of the investigation since a tack yesterday morning at 9:45 a.m. at the bishop international airport in flint. as you know, i wouldn t recount exactly, but as you know, we know that subject ftouhi traveled into the united states legally at lake champlain new york on june 16th. preliminari
Minutes. he was carrying baggage. he went into a restroom. he spent a little tight in the restroom, dropped both bags and came out, pulled out a knife, yelled allah akbar, and stabbed lieutenant neville in the neck. he fought back as the attacker was subdued. he is expected to be okay. neville appeared illegally last week. he s said to be a lone wolf. the suspect remains in custody until a hearing next wednesday. glad that officer s going to be okay. indeed. president trump weighs in after high-level talks between the u.s. and china. was there any movement on how to deal with the growing threat from north korea? we re live in shanghai.