Attempted murder charges against suspect in Edmonton attack
Posted Oct 2, 2017 12:53:54 PM.
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A suspect has been charged in an attack in which an Edmonton officer was stabbed and four people were injured when they were hit by a rental truck fleeing police.
Abdulahi Hasan Sharif faces five counts of attempted murder, five counts of dangerous driving, and one weapons-related charge.
Although police have said that terrorism charges are expected, none has been laid so far.
Sharif, who is 30, is a Somali refugee once investigated for allegedly espousing extremism.
He is scheduled for a bail hearing in provincial court on Tuesday morning.
Edmonton police Chief Rod Knecht has said the events of Saturday night appear to have been the work of a single person.
It started when a police officer handling crowd control at a football game was hit by a speeding car that rammed through a barrier and sent him flying five metres through the air.
The driver got out, pulled out a large knife and began stabbing the officer.
A suspect was taken into custody by police hours later after a chase through downtown Edmonton in which four pedestrians were purposely hit by the driver of a speeding U-haul van.
