He said Adan was wearing a security guard uniform and told people he was a police officer before the attack began.
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Chief Anderson said that St. Cloud police will remain steadfast and in service of its citizens. Adan’s own father first identified him as the attacker, telling media he was born in Kenya, but is of Somali descent.
Barakad Omar, a classmate of Dahir Adan at Apollo High School, said he was “a good kid” and an A student. “What can I do to save my children?”
Leaders of the Somali Community say they fear backlash over the attack.
Police have identified a 10th victim in the weekend stabbing at a central Minnesota mall. He said he thought the stabbings had no links with terrorism, despite a claim by an Islamic-run news agency that the attack was carried out by a “soldier of the Islamic State”. The company said Adan resigned in June, but would not say why.
Adde, executive director of the Immigrant Development Center in Moorhead, described Adan as quiet and well-rounded.
Adde said Adan’s father is an upbeat guy who served on the board of a Somali community group while living in Fargo.
Kulane said the families are grieving and are in dismay.
Officials said the man was dressed as a private security guard when he stabbed people Saturday night.
The Star-Tribune adds a detail from St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis, who said surveillance video of the attack showed Adan falling and getting back up three times as Falconer shot him, and he lunged toward the off-duty police officer.
Minnesota’s political leaders had mixed responses after the attack. We meet regularly with any number of people, whether they are advocates for a specific ethnicity or different cause.
The woman said that she’s doing “OK” today, but “it is very nerve-racking”. If true that they were motivated by religious bigotry, I condemn them even more strongly. One of these letter writers is Tim Stallman, a retired geologist who lives in Fargo.
The St. Cloud mall remained on lockdown following the attack, and authorities eventually released those inside.
Federal officials have said one of their biggest fears was that a radicalized American who left the country to join the Islamic State or al-Shabab might return home to carry out attacks on US soil. He took a trip to Kenya previous year.
“This has been a dark day; it is a day we will never forget”, said Hersi.
“No, we don’t know anything about ISIS”. “America gave us shelter and home and a means to earn a living”.
Schliep, a merchandiser for a Coca-Cola plant in Willmer, said he still can’t believe that the attacks happened in Minnesota. Nobody answered at the other address listed in south Fargo.
“They are going to go places where they are the most comfortable; the most at ease”, Glemboski said.
“He was a young man who came here when he was about three or four months old. You know what I mean, just to kind of let it simmer down a little bit”, said Gove. Beyond that moment, though, Anderson said the attack will change the city forever.
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Glemboski says the same mindset applies to the general public. He says the ninth person took themselves to a hospital and was treated and released. He said the society has worked closely with local police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report anyone thought to be taking a fanatical route. “We want to prevent any of this garbage from affecting our community”.
