2016 St. Cloud, Minnesota knife attack
| 2016 St. Cloud, Minnesota knife attack | |
|---|---|
Aerial view of St. Cloud | |
| Location | 45°33′24.12″N 94°12′37.08″W / 45.5567000°N 94.2103000°W St. Cloud, Minnesota, US |
| Date | September 17, 2016 8:15 p.m. (UTC-5) |
| Target | Civilians |
Attack type | Mass stabbing |
| Weapons | Two steak knives |
| Deaths | 1 (the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 10 |
| Perpetrator | Dahir Ahmed Adan |
On September 17, 2016, Dahir Ahmed Adan, a 22-year-old, Kenyan-born American man, stabbed ten people while wielding two knives at the Crossroads Center shopping mall in St. Cloud, Minnesota. He was shot dead inside the mall by an off-duty law enforcement officer who intervened. The Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the incident to uncover a possible motive, including terrorism. Authorities said Adan may have been inspired by radical Islamic ideology, but they did not assign a motive for his actions.