MONTREAL—The FBI has arrested a Canadian man in connection with a Wednesday morning knife attack in Flint, Mich., that U.S. officials are investigating as a terrorist act. The FBI has charged 50-year-old Canadian Amor Ftouhi of Quebec with causing violence at an international airport, FBI special agent David Gelios said at a news conference Wednesday evening. The criminal complaint says Ftouhi stabbed Lt. Jeff Neville with a large knife and declared “Allahu akbar,” the Arabic phrase for “God is great.” The FBI, which is leading the investigation, said Ftouhi said something similar to “you have killed people in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and we are all going to die.”The FBI added in the criminal complaint that Ftouhi asked an officer who subdued him why he didn’t kill him.Gelios said that Ftouhi entered the U.S. at a New York border crossing on June 16, adding that the FBI has no information “to suggest a wider plot.” La Presse, also citing sources, said the attacker was a Montreal resident and that the RCMP and Montreal Police were leading an operation into the Canadian connection.In a statement, the RCMP said it was aware of the incident.“The investigation is being led by U.S. law enforcement authorities. As such, the RCMP will not provide further information.”Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said he had consulted with the commissioner of the RCMP, Bob Paulson, as well as the national security adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.“Obviously Canada condemns this heinous and cowardly act. The officer and his family are very much in our prayers at this time,” he said. “There is complete co-operation between the RCMP and all of the authorities and agencies in Canada and their counterparts in the United States. We’re doing everything we possibly can to assist in this matter.“The information has been reported in the media that there is a C ...
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