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University of New Mexico: Muslim student charged with illegal gun possession, had list of people he wanted to kill

Dec 17, 2019 3:00 pm By Robert Spencer

There needs to be a thorough reevaluation of all programs to educate Saudi students in the United States. Given what is taught in Saudi schools and mosques, where students learn that violence in some circumstances can be not only justified, but blessed by Allah, this is long overdue. But will it happen? Almost certainly not.

“Saudi student at New Mexico university charged with illegally possessing gun,” by Phil Helsel, NBC News, December 14, 2019:

A Saudi man attending a New Mexico university was charged Friday with illegally possessing a firearm, according to federal court documents.

Hassan Alqahtani, 28, who is enrolled at the University of New Mexico’s school of engineering was charged with illegal possession of a firearm by a person admitted to the U.S. under a non-immigrant visa, federal prosecutors said.

The FBI said in an affidavit that a search of his home Thursday turned up a .380-caliber Cobra handgun.

The affidavit says the FBI began investigating Alqahtani after a person who said he knows the student called an agency tip line on Aug. 8, claiming Alqahtani was “creating a list of people who he wants to kill before he leaves the U.S.” which included the tipster and University of New Mexico professors….

The affidavit does not include any details about the alleged list and does not mention any threats to kill people.

A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico told NBC News that “Alqahtani is not currently charged with anything other than possession of a firearm. I cannot confirm or deny an ongoing investigation of any other conduct.”…

Assistant U.S. Attorney George Kraehe argued that Alqahtani should remain in custody because the alleged list included professors, and the school’s graduation is Saturday, the newspaper reported….

The criminal complaint also says a “confidential human source” told investigators last month that Alqahtani approached the source and said he was interested in buying an AK-47 rifle. He showed the person a video of a wedding in Saudi Arabia, where people were shooting an AK-47 rifle, according to the affidavit.

Alqahtani told the person he didn’t like his old gun and wanted a new one, the complaint says. But Alqahtani allegedly later told the source that he no longer wanted an AK-47 and wanted a smaller gun for protection.

Alqahtani’s girlfriend said the handgun found in the search was hers, but she could not identify its make, model or caliber, according to the criminal compliant.

The FBI agent wrote in the affidavit that she might be conspiring with Alqahtani to conceal his owning a gun. It was unclear Friday night whether she faces charges.

Meyers, the defense attorney, said Alqahtani is in the U.S. legally on a student visa and that he lives with his wife — described as his girlfriend in the criminal complaint — who is not prohibited from possessing a firearm, the AP reported….

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  1. gravenimage says

    Dec 17, 2019 at 4:56 pm

    University of New Mexico: Muslim student charged with illegal gun possession, had list of people he wanted to kill
    ……………………..

    Just being a good Muslim… So glad this plot was stopped.

    More:

    There needs to be a thorough reevaluation of all programs to educate Saudi students in the United States
    ……………………..

    So true.

  2. pdale5@hotmail.com says

    Dec 17, 2019 at 6:41 pm

    The correct view is, of course, that he must be undergoing some mental stress, caused no doubt by the failure of the students/staff of the university to conform to his ideas of what is proper. The university and its students are to blame, not a stressed out student on a visa. People, get your act together and follow the official, correct explanation. All of you should now be wondering what you did to make him feel unwanted and disrespected. Tsk! Tsk! Tsk!

  3. Giacomo Latta says

    Dec 18, 2019 at 10:15 am

    Just pass all these clowns on to mortimer. With but a few words he will have them all converted to Christianity.

  4. OLD GUY says

    Dec 18, 2019 at 11:01 am

    The student exchange system is a good program. However the muslim islamic world has declared a religious and terrorist war against us with both personal and country wide threats to kill Americans. Under those circumstances we should stop all muslim participation in the program immediately and deport them, along with the thousands of muslims who have overstayed their student visas. This should include the Saudi students and the Saudi dollars that are corrupting our higher education system.

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 20, 2019 at 12:44 am

      +1

  5. Valkyrie Ziege says

    Dec 18, 2019 at 12:01 pm

    ; A twenty-eight-year-old college student?
    Unless this is a 1950s Disney comedy, no.

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