WRAL.com archive: UNC-CH attack motivated by deaths of Muslims abroad

UNC-CH graduate Mohammed Taheri-azar told police he wanted to injure people in response to the U.S. government's treatment of Muslims abroad.


On March 3, 2006, a man driving a sports utility vehicle plowed into a crowd of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students in "The Pit," a popular gathering place on the campus.

UNC-CH graduate Mohammed Taheri-azar told police he wanted to injure people in response to the U.S. government's treatment of Muslims abroad.