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FBI: Base Attacker Suicidal

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 24, 2007

HOMESTEAD - A Kuwaiti-born math teacher wielding butcher knives and vodka bottles who intended to ignite explosives was trying to commit suicide, not an act of terrorism, when he attacked military policemen at Homestead Air Reserve Base, FBI officials said.

Tahmeed Ahmad had been added to a federal terrorist watch list, but officials concluded he was not a credible threat, said Lt. Col. Tom Davis, a base spokesman.

Ahmad drove to the base's west entrance Sunday night, got out of his car and then charged the officers, according to an FBI criminal complaint. One police officer fired at Ahmad, but missed. The officers were not injured, and Ahmad was subdued.

The FBI has charged Ahmad, 22, with assaulting a U.S. government employee.

Ahmad's mother said the first-year teacher at Miami Central High School is mentally ill and had been in a mental institution.

The Associated Press

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