The police are baffled, and have no idea why Mohamad Barakat would do such a thing. There is no hint in either article below that anyone is considering the possibility that Barakat may have been acting in accord with this exhortation that the Islamic State issued in September 2014:
So O muwahhid, do not let this battle pass you by wherever you may be. You must strike the soldiers, patrons, and troops of the tawaghit. Strike their police, security, and intelligence members, as well as their treacherous agents. Destroy their beds. Embitter their lives for them and busy them with themselves. If you can kill a disbelieving American or European — especially the spiteful and filthy French — or an Australian, or a Canadian, or any other disbeliever from the disbelievers waging war, including the citizens of the countries that entered into a coalition against the Islamic State, then rely upon Allah, and kill him in any manner or way however it may be….If you are not able to find an IED or a bullet, then single out the disbelieving American, Frenchman, or any of their allies. Smash his head with a rock, or slaughter him with a knife, or run him over with your car, or throw him down from a high place, or choke him, or poison him….
There may be some other reason why he did this. But the possibility that this was a jihad attack should be pursued. In today’s climate, when the FBI is busy persecuting Trump and others who dissent from the Left’s agenda and denies the reality of jihad activity altogether, will it be? Probably not.
“Details on Friday shooting in Fargo that killed one officer,” by Justin Gick, KFYR, July 15, 2023:
FARGO, N.D. (KFYR) – The Fargo Police Department provided an update Saturday on the incident that left one officer dead on Friday.
Fargo Police Chief David Zibolski said officers and the Fargo Fire Department responded to what was supposed to be a routine car crash on 25th Street South and 9th Avenue South in Fargo. That’s when the suspect, 37-year-old Mohamad Barakat, opened fire on them.
Three officers were struck by gunfire. Their names are Jake Wallin, Andrew Dotas, and Tyler Hawes. Officer Zach Robinson, who was not injured, was also on scene and shot and killed the suspect. One civilian was also hurt. Officers Dotas and Hawes are in critical but stable condition at Sanford Hospital in Fargo. Officer Wallin died from his injuries at the scene.
“This is an unconscionable act. It’s hard to fathom, it’s unbelievable that something like this would happen in our community. Many of us think this stuff can’t happen. It just happened,” said Zibolski.
Wallin was just 23 years old and was sworn in as a Fargo officer just three months ago. Chief Zibolski was unable to provide more details as the investigation has been turned over to the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the FBI….
“Fargo police don’t yet have a motive for the shooting that killed 1 officer and injured 2,” by Jack Dura, AP, July 16, 2023:
FARGO, N.D. — A gunman opened fire on police and firefighters “for no known reason” as they responded to a traffic crash in North Dakota, killing one officer and wounding two others before another officer killed him, Fargo’s police chief said Saturday.
A 25-year-old woman was also injured in the shooting Friday afternoon, but authorities did not say who shot her. The gunman did not hit any firefighters, Chief David Zibolski said, but a fire truck was struck by gunfire.
Zibolski identified the shooter as Mohamad Barakat, 37, of Fargo, but provided few details about him or the shooting, citing officials’ desire to protect the investigation. He said he was confident authorities would eventually determine the motive.
“The first thing we always want to know in a situation like this is, ‘Why?’” he said. “Why would somebody do this? What happened?”
Authorities were investigating what Zibolski called a “routine traffic accident” on a busy Fargo street when Barakat opened fire. He did not appear to have been involved in the crash police were working, Zibolski said.
Among the drivers who witnessed what happened was Chenoa Peterson. She told The Associated Press on Saturday that the shooter appeared to have ambushed the officers. The gunman was at the rear of a car in a bank parking lot near the traffic crash when he fired on an officer not more than 20 feet (6 meters) away, she said.
“He was holding up the trunk of the car with his arm, and then I see the gun come up, and he set it on his shoulder and just pointed it directly at an officer in front of him,” Peterson said. “It was like 10 shots right away.”
The police weren’t looking in the direction of the gunman when he began shooting, she said….
Asked if the shooting was a planned ambush of police, Zibolski told reporters: “The investigation into that is still ongoing.” He said he believed police had previously had some sort of contact with Barakat “but not anything significant.”…
He said the state Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the FBI were investigating….
VOWG says
No motive, now where have we heard that B S before?
Janetmarie says
Wait a minute. A Motive! ITS SIMPLE
INFIDELS
DazzleMe says
I agree, but police department won’t say it, ever!
Thomas says
The police are baffled because no one is teaching the truth about “the religion of peace”
All the while the DEMONcRATS continue to push towards the disarmament of law abiding US citizenry.
Noah Andeark says
Has anybody approached any of the terrorists at the terror organization CAIR to inquire about their co-religionist? I suspect he was merely practicing freedom of religion that is enshrined in our Constitution in the Bill of Rights. His actions are no different that a Jew lighting Sabbath candles or a Catholic praying the Rosary. Killing infidels and raping their women will bring the ackbarbarians closer to allah the moon-god, invented by the pig-faced dog mohammed.
Raymond Griffin says
Brandon Howse from World View Weekend did a tour of this area a few years back and a Muslim showed up at one of his conferences and had to be escorted out and when the police checked him out in his car he had multiple guns in the car. Police did nothing but later if I am right arrested him. Also a Saudi Prince I heard visits the area on occasions and might be why this guy was not arrested until later.
gravenimage says
Raymond, I have never heard of the Saudi Prince visiting Fargo, nor can I find any reference to it. Citations?
Emilie Green says
Neither KFYR nor the AP sources allow comments (a practiced leftist sources started years ago to prevent the truth from getting around).
Robert, your reporting this story, along with the possibility that this was jihad, is so valuable. So the families of these LE officers will then learn something about Islam and the practices/thinking of Muslims. Meaning, the truth about Islam is getting around. Maybe the brass of the Fargo PD will cover up the Islam side of the story (so, so many politicized PDs have PC-minded “leaders”), but the rank-and-file will begin to learn about Islam and Muslims.
Wellington says
If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it’s a duck.
Chess says
Just another common blight.
Look at the squad.
gravenimage says
Grimly spot on, Wellington.
GreekEmpress says
I just came back from visiting family in Fargo.
The police had to evacuate the entire apartment complex where he lived. Searching for bombs, weapons, etc.
Fargo is a fairly blue city in a red state imo.
Don’t count on the story being called a terrorist attack. Maybe the old stand by “mental illness”
excuse—-
If it happens in Fargo, it can happen anywhere.
somehistory says
Thank you for the extra info, GE. Glad you were not involved in any way while there.
Looks like this murderer saw an opportunity and was ready with his weapon. And to us here, the motive for the murder…and attempted murders…is a clear one.
GreekEmpress says
Greetings somehistory,
I hope you have been safe and well.
I knew exactly where the shooting took place—had been in that same location a couple of nights beforehand.
There are about 15,000 Muslims, many from Somalia in the Fargo-Moorhead area, and the area has an Islamic center. We were considering going back with all the problems here on the border, but if we do we will locate in West Fargo.
When we lived there before, a lot of Cubans, mostly political prisoners, had been sent there by the government—this was after Castro emptied the jails. They had to stay in Fargo for a required number of years, then if all was well, they could relocate to the city of their choice. They all were good citizens and when their time was up they all left for Florida.
Maybe a lot of the Muslims will leave as well if there’s still a similar policy. I can’t imagine they like the winters after the climates they are used to.
somehistory says
GE,
I hope the same for you. Life keeps going for me…about the same from one day to the next.
I hope if they go to some other place, it isn’t Florida. Florida has too many mozlums already and they are really aggressive.
If you return, I hope you feel better off than where you are now with the hordes swarming across the border daily. Probably won’t be worse off, but in today’ world, who can say for sure?
gravenimage says
Thank you, GreekEmpress. My understanding is that Muslims are mostly coming into South Dakota from Minnesota, where they are invading in force–in Minneapolis especially.
GreekEmpress says
Greetings somehistory,
I hope you have been safe and well.
I knew exactly where the shooting took place—had been in that same location a couple of nights beforehand.
There are about 15,000 Muslims, many from Somalia in the Fargo-Moorhead area, and the area has an Islamic center. We were considering going back with all the problems here on the border, but if we do we will locate in West Fargo.
When we lived there before, a lot of Cubans, mostly political prisoners, had been sent there by the government—this was after Castro emptied the jails. They had to stay in Fargo for a required number of years, then if all was well, they could relocate to the city of their choice. They all were good citizens and when their time was up they all left for Florida.
Maybe a lot of the Muslims will leave as well if there’s still a similar policy. I can’t imagine they like the winters after the climates they are used to.
DazzleMe says
Greek Empress S-H-U-R-R-E-E, mental illness. Definitely what the city will say!
James Lincoln says
This should be assumed to be a jihad attack – unless proven otherwise.
Jihad Watch readers know this.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Saw this news on Breitbart yesterday. Even there, everybody’s guessed that it’s a jihad attack
Jim Harmon says
If it weren’t for this site, I wouldn’t even know the perp was a Muslim. The MSM isn’t exactly hilting it.
DazzleMe says
By city claiming -as they will- this type of murders is mental illness, this will continue!
Thomas Lahoya says
It’s mental illness when it is a Muslim refugee. And the media ignores it entirely.
It’s NOT mental illness when it’s a white guy [according to the media], and they make sure to state the man’s name and race over and over and over again on a loop for a few weeks straight.
gravenimage says
Fargo, North Dakota: Muslim opens fire on officers working on traffic crash, murdering one, wounding two others
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No place is safe from Jihad now.