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Marrigan
12-08-2009, 10:44 AM
Don't bother looking for coverage of this murder on HLN. They're too busy covering Tiger Woods.

BINGHAMTON, NY
A graduate student from Saudi Arabia was charged on Saturday with killing a retired anthropology professor, a specialist in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies with whom he had worked.

Abdulsalam Al-Zahrani, 46, a native of Saudi Arabia studying for a doctorate in cultural anthropology, was charged with second-degree murder, and is being held without bail after a brief arraignment.

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=129234&d=8&m=12&y=2009


Binghamton Campus Grieves for Slain Professor

One after another, students and faculty members at Binghamton University trickled out of a classroom lab that had been converted, for convenience and tragic necessity, into a grieving room for the day.

Meanwhile, a clearer picture began to emerge of the mind-set of the suspect, Abdulsalam S. al-Zahrani, in the hours and days before the killing. According to classmates and a professor, he was distressed about not getting financial aid, and was trying to figure out how to finance his dissertation fieldwork in Detroit.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/nyregion/08binghamton.html


Accused Killer of BU Professor Said to 'Act Like a Terrorist' [Candace de Russy]

The two apartment-mates of Abdulsalam Al-Zahrani, the Saudi national and doctoral student charged with stabbing to death Richard Antoun, a Binghamton University professor emeritus, said the suspect was (as Press Connects reports) "confrontational, argumentative and 'acted like a terrorist.'"

http://phibetacons.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NmUxMzc5NTQyZGQ4OWI0ODYxNjEwYTY4MTg0ZTExY2Y=

JazzyBell
12-08-2009, 05:54 PM
Don't bother looking for coverage of this murder on HLN. They're too busy covering Tiger Woods.

LOL! Unfortunately, that is the truth. Thanks, Marrigan, I needed a good laugh today.


Also, thank you for the info and links to this. Much appreciated.

Jazzy

Marrigan
12-09-2009, 12:05 AM
You're welcome, Jazzy. One would think that after the Ft. Hood massacre, the media would pay particular attention to other nutjobs that "act like a terrorist". I guess not. Maybe Nancy Grace and Jane VM should join "Showbiz Tonite".:laugh:

aproudmom
12-09-2009, 12:22 AM
Thanks Marr for the links and I agree surprise surprise breaking news Tiger has another G/F:rolleyes:

Marrigan
12-09-2009, 11:26 PM
Embassy in US assigns lawyer to Saudi accused
WASHINGTON – The spokesman for the Saudi Embassy in the US has said that the Consulate in New York has assigned a lawyer to represent Saudi student Abdulsalam Al-Zahrani, accused of murdering Binghamton University Professor of Anthropology Richard Antoun last Friday.

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2009121056588


and

3 Muslim students say they tried to avoid Al-Zahrani

Encounters with accused killer Abdulsalam Al-Zahrani led several local Muslims to take steps to avoid him when they saw him on campus or elsewhere in the community.

Al-Zahrani, the man accused of fatally stabbing Binghamton University Professor Richard Antoun on campus Friday, had accused fellow Middle Eastern students of following him, answering a greeting of peace with an obscene insult, and disparaging a local mosque, according to three students interviewed Saturday night.

http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20091205/NEWS01/912050391/3+Muslim+students+say+they+tried+to+avoid+Al-Zahrani


It sounds like he might be an undiagnosed schizophrenic. Very interesting that the Saudis are assigning a lawyer for him.