How one cop with a handgun stopped a heavily armed terrorist’s massacre.
Mohamad Barakat packed three long guns, four handguns and a vest with magazines in every pocket, as he drove through Fargo, North Dakota. The Downtown Street fair, which claims over 150,000 visitors, was on its second day and 5 minutes away. The Red River Fair, which recorded nearly as many people, was two days away from ending and 15 minutes away.
It’s unknown which of those locations Mohamad might have been headed to use up his 1,800 rounds of ammo and hand grenade, but he never got there.
The Muslim terrorist joined other rubberneckers who stopped to look over the scene of an accident, but unlike them Mohamad was after more than a few pictures to put up on social media. The concentration of police officers and firefighters had proven to be irresistible.
Al Qaeda and ISIS both encourage crowdsourced Muslim terrorists to take out law enforcement officers before hitting civilians. And Muslim terrorists, like the attacker who came after NYPD officers in Times Square with a machete during the New Year’s Eve ball drop, have done that.
Mohamad was packing a whole lot more than a machete. Pretending to be a casual observer, he hung around waiting until police officers were passing nearby and then he opened fire.
The Muslim terrorist raised his rifle and shot through the open car window of his gray sedan, ambushing three Fargo police officers, shooting and killing Officer Jake Wallin, an Afghanistan and Iraq war vet who had recently joined the force, and wounding Officer Andrew Dotas and Officer Tyler Hawes. He also shot and wounded Karlee Koswick: a young woman who had been in the accident. Dotas and Hawes were saved by their flak jackets and by the courageous firefighters on the scene who stayed under cover while Mohamad shot at them, but then rushed to help the wounded officers and kept them alive until they could be brought to a hospital.
And then Mohamad ran into trouble.
While the three officers he had shot had not even gotten a chance to draw a gun, Officer Zach Robinson did not go down and he returned fire. With Mohamad’s .223 caliber rifle pitted against the officer’s 9mm handgun, Officer Robinson still managed to “incapacitate” the Muslim terrorist’s weapon. The Muslim terrorist had burned through most of the 60 rounds in his double stacked mag while the officer had managed to draw his fire, reload and keep him occupied.
Then one of his shots disabled the Muslim terrorist’s rifle from 75 feet away. With his primary weapon gone, Mohamad grabbed a handgun and tried to continue the fight, and was shot dead.
The officer was “the last person standing between this individual, who was obviously pretty dead set on some pretty horrific acts,” Attorney General Drew Wrigley described. He mentioned that it was “a 4 to 5 minute drive to downtown Fargo” where the fair was in full swing.
“It’s clear to me that this person was out to kill,” Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney said. “When you look at the amount of ammunition this shooter had in his car, he was planning on more mayhem in our community.”
In the week since the July 14 attack took place, authorities have resisted providing any specifics about the Muslim terrorist or his motive. Flag Family Media, a local radio station, had its request for information about Mohamad because it had already all been turned over to the FBI.
Mohamad’s neighbors in the Fargo housing complex claimed that he was quiet and refused to interact with them. “He didn’t want to be around you and of course that made you not want to be around him.”
Why then was Mohamad in America? As previously revealed by a Front Page Magazine investigation, decades of aggressive refugee resettlement has fundamentally changed the face of this quintessentially American city. 8% of Fargo is foreign born and Somalis, Iraqis and other Muslim refugees outnumber Hispanics in the school system. The nearby mega-mosque, blocks from where Mohamad carried out his attack, and Muslim businesses attracts other arrivals.
A previous Muslim terrorist attack in a Minneapolis mall had been carried out by Dahir Adan, a Somali refugee who had initially been resettled in Fargo, and who had roamed the mall shouting, “Allahu Akbar” and asking people if they were Muslim before stabbing them.
Fargo recently elected State Rep. Hamida Dakane, its version of Rep. Ilhan Omar, to the state legislature representing the growing Muslim population in the area. Both Republicans and Democrats in the area and the state have their share of responsibility for this crisis.
A city and a state that no one would have associated with Islamic terrorism in the past has nurtured two Islamic terrorists. Mohamad’s no doubt planned to kill more than one police officer and wound a few others. He had come prepared for an extended firefight and with the two fairs going on in the area might have succeeded in killing hundreds if not thousands.
Gov. Doug Burgum had previously resisted ending refugee resettlement under Trump while claiming that the pipeline of foreign migrants showing up in the state had been vetted and were safe. Concerned North Dakota residents want answers after this latest Islamic terrorist attack.
While Mohamad’s terror attack was stopped in its tracks by his improvisation and the courage of an outgunned police officer, the next time Fargo residents and North Dakotans may not be so lucky.
“We really need a diverse population to be more like a normal American city,” Mayor Tim Mahoney had previously argued. After Fargo’s second Muslim terrorist and first major Muslim terrorist attack, does Mayor Mahoney feel that the city is diverse enough?
How many people have to die so that Fargo will meet its diversity quota?
What was wrong with the descendants of Swedes that they needed to be replaced by Somalis, Iraqis, Sudanese, Bosnians and other “diverse” representatives of an ideology that believes infidels need to be killed at shopping malls and street fairs? How many times must the cry of “Allahu Akbar” rise over bloody bodies until the desire for diversity is finally staunched?
Marked says
Diversity is not a good goal and shouod be abandoned as such. Diversity of skin color does not generate positive results.
gravenimage says
Not all diversity is bad. But diversity as a goal makes no sense, and including Islam in the mix is just suicidal.
Gary says
Both Europe and US fell for a lie that Islam is peaceful. This was spread by GW Bush. Now we all pay for it. Don’t blame the shooter he is doing wat his holy book says for him to do. Kill the infidels. We shud not let them in.
GreekEmpress says
Family sent me a link so I could watch the press conference today featuring the state atty. general, state atty. and Fargo police chief.
Barakat was a Syrian national who entered the country on an asylum claim in 2012. He became a US citizen in 2019. He had family in the US, but not in the Fargo/Moorhead region. There is no information when he came to Fargo, or where he was in the country before he got there.
He had no media presence, and no ties to Muslim community, although a Koran was found in his apartment.
All the guns he bought were purchased legally, but they don’t know where—(which sounds VERY strange).
In 2018 he began researching big events in the area.
The atty. general said he was not on a terrorist watch list, but a guardian report had been filed. Evidently, this report is filed when a person contacts authorities to report suspicious activity
I have to say that the reporters asked hard questions and brought up the elephant in the room.
Many questions remain unanswered of course, and the investigation is ongoing—
somehistory says
Guns purchased “legally’ but they don’t know where? If they don’t “know where,” they can’t say they were legally bought. If they do know where, they are claiming not to know for some reason.
thanks for the added information, GE.
Pray Hard says
What questions? It was islamic terrorism. It’s not complicated.
gravenimage says
Thanks for that background, GreekEmpress.
GreekEmpress says
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2023/07/21/fargo-shooting-police-mohamad-barakat-jake-wallin-press-conference-update
Glen says
Greek Empress, thank you for your original comment and the link you posted.
somehistory says
He had nearly 2000 rounds, and he had a grenade, and he had gasoline. He could have killed as many, or nearly so, as the planes in 9/11 if he had used all of what he had.
150,000 people in one place is a very large target….a “rich” target and it was only the chance accident and the young officer who stopped him from being a big hero to the mozlum “community” of which they can’t say he was a part.
I’ll say it for them: he was a part of the mozlum community, whether or not they have evidence of his visits to the local barracks.
“Wrigley said agencies are not aware of a danger to the public.” The public is in the same danger today as they were on Friday, last week. mozlums murder for their false god and fake prophet. And there are many mozlums living there. And they have said they don’t know if others were involved.
Walter Sieruk says
That vicious jihad-minded Muslim terrorist who was scheming a mass murder of thousands of people was devoutly following the instructions of Islam’s “holy book” the Quran, which instructs in 47:4. “When you encounter the disbelieves strike off their heads and make a great slaughter among them…”
The terrible brutal reality is that a jihadist using firearms and grenades will a greater “slaughter among them “ than a sword can.
Dennis Bray says
Yep that “Holy Book” The Koran, or , in my view, “Terrorist Training Manual”!
Walter Sieruk says
This new report which gives the information about that Muslim terrorist who schemed to massacred thousands of human beings in North Dakota is a disturbing reminder that it needs to be understood that the deadly and meaning ideology of Islamic terrorism has its very foundation of the theology of Quran based , non-watered down , Islam.
As found in that “grand holy book” of Islam” in Surah 9:123 which instructs “O you who believe ! Fight those of the disbelievers who are close to you and let them find harshness in you..”
There is also other places in that “supreme.” main religious book of Islam that give instructions for Muslim to engage in the bloody violence and killing for the cause of Islam, As in Surah 2:191. 4:89. 5:33. 47:4. 9:5, 111,122.
So Muslim terrorists in their murderous violence are following Quran based Islam and not some kind of “hijacked” or “warped” version of Islam, in spite of what the many apologists for Islam so false claim.
Many Westerners to come out of their mental denial about the violent and deadly of Islam.
In other words, they need to take their “Islamic blinders” and wake up to the terrible reality about the truth of that dangerous religion, which is Islam.
Jim says
It seems unlikely that this will discourage the elites that want to Islamize our country. The are probably secretly pleased at another crisis. This will require us to bring in still more and expand the welfare state. Whenever such events happen, they always claim that not enough was spent to integrate and assimilate the refugees. It is always America’s fault, and more must be done to make them feel at home. More Islamization makes them feel better here and want to come.
Walter Sieruk says
It’s best to be clear and honest and call people and things for what they really and truly are.
Therefore, in contrast to that above statement there is a strange but common phenomena in America’s and Europe’s modern PC culture that when it comes to Islamic terrorism there are many people who and are afraid to call it what it is. That’s odd because no one is afraid to call a person who engages in violence for anarchy and “anarchist terrorist”. Nor are people afraid to call a Marxist who engages in violence for the ideology of communism a “Communist terrorist.”
Likewise, a person who commits violence for Environmentalism an “Environmentalist terrorists. “Nevertheless, when it comes to a Muslim terrorist who engages in deadly violence because of the theology and ideology of Islam, many people fear to call that person a “Islamic terrorist.” or a Muslims terrorists. Strange but true.
somehistory says
Jsut in case anyone would like to peek inside a Lutheran church, in MN
(the Lutherans big on helping mozlums invade)
“Afemale Lutheran pastor in Minnesota sparked viral attention after leading her congregation in a “sparkle creed” prayer during a live-streamed service for LGBT pride month, referring to God as “nonbinary” and portraying Jesus with “two dads.”
“During the prayer, Helgen recited the statement of faith known as the “sparkle creed,” which emphasized a belief in a nonbinary God with plural pronouns and a rainbow spirit that embraces the diversity of humanity. ”
Someone should refer this idiot female to the Bible and the requirements for having a prayer heard by God and His Son.
It’s no wonder these idiots are in favor of being overrun by mozlums….they are greedy for money and attention.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/female-pastor-caused-controversy-referring-to-god-as-non-binary-and-jesus-with-two-dads/ar-AA1e9F8e?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=8e9610745acc4411a1b3577dacdc8e33&ei=45
Pray Hard says
Insane, evil “Christians” are destroying Christendom.
somehistory says
“Rotten trees producing rotten fruit,” Jesus said would be “cut down and thrown into the fire.”
“They are having their reward in full.”
James Lincoln says
Pray Hard,
You are right to put “Christians” in quotation marks.
They are anything but.
Glen says
The Aid Association for Lutherans (AAL) have been resettling Moslems in Fargo since 1979, starting with Afghans.
Pray Hard says
Good for the LEO who put an end to him.
Walter Sieruk says
About this awful information about that Muslim terrorist in the State of North Dakota ,with his jihadist scheming for mass murder is yet another revealing aspect of the vicious and deadly demonic essence of Islam bloody jihad.
If he is a “lone wolf “ jihadist, Mohamad Baraket, and or jihadists ,as in a group of an Islamic terror entity, as in the history of those horrendous murderous and destructive jihad terror affront attacks which occurred of 9/11 , it’s based on Qu’ran based Islam.
For what is assumed by many people view “Radical Islamic Terrorism” to be a “warped” or “hijacked” form of Islam. Yet the terrible harsh reality is that the actual religion of Islam is the entire foundation of Islamic terrorism or otherwise accurately, but seldom called what is really is, which is “Muslim terrorism.”
For Islam’s “holy book” the Qur ‘an [the Koran] instructs on the use of violence and killing for the advancement of Islam.As found in ,for example 2:191. 4:89. 5:33. 9:5,111,123. 47:4.
Furthermore, it may be illustrated that if Islam is represented as a tree then the fruits then the fruits of that tree are the many brutal, violent and deadly jihad terror entities. Such as ISIS, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, al Shabaab , Hamas, Hezbollah, P.I.J. etc.
With this statement, the Wisdom of the teachings of Jesus may, very much, apply to this subject. For Jesus taught “Ye do know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.” After saying this Jesus told them what He told them when He said “By their fruit ye shall know them.” Matthew 7:16, 17, 18,.20. [K.J.V.]
In conclusion, Islam is a corrupt tree and also a false religion, Proverbs 14:12. John 14:6. First John 2:22,23. 4:14,15. 5:12,13,20.
Walter Sieruk says
Mohamad Baraket,and other bloodthirsty jihadist terrorists as him, Such evil and deadly and men are described in the Bible , So there’s not even anything original about those dangerous and wicked deluded characters.
As Romans 3:15-17 reads “Their feet are swift to shed blood: destruction and misery are in their ways, and the way of peace have they not known.” [K.J.V.]
Ian Walker says
When it comes to ‘diversity’ really it is not the skin colours that are the problem?
In this case the real problem is the crazy faith called Islam!
Ron Hurrell says
I suppose we can now expect to see the start of a movement called “Muslim lives matter.
Mad Mac says
Without the courage, determination and coolness under fire of Officer Zach Robinson,
countless lives could have been lost. We are fortunate to have the likes of him.
Standing his ground against superior firepower delivered from only 25 yards away,
and armed with only his 9mm handgun, Zach sent a Jihadi to his just reward.
It’s a beginning.
somehistory says
Yes, Mad Mac. Not many could do what he did. He gave the murderous perp so many opportunities to keep living, showing he knows the grave thing it is to take a life.
Will we hear that now mozlums are so “terrified” to leave home, or go to their barracks? As if they are the victims.
gravenimage says
North Dakota Muslim Terrorist Planned to Kill Thousands
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This does not surprise–Jihad against street fairs. God bless the police officer who stopped him.