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A University graduate careened a rented silver Jeep Grand Cherokee through the Pit about noon Friday, striking nine pedestrians and sending six to UNC Hospitals.
Mohammed Reza Taheriazar, 23, who graduated in 2005, is in custody at the Department of Public Safety after turning himself in after the incident. He was born May 5, 1983, according to University registrar records. He was a psychology and philosophy major. He was published in The Charlotte Observer for dean’s list honors in spring 2005. He is still listed as a senior in the print directory.
At about 2 p.m., a bomb threat was called into the University Commons apartment buiding D, at 303 Smith Level Road in Carrboro, where Taheriazar is believed to live. State Bureau of Investigations officials entered the building at 3:03 p.m. The Federal Bureau of Investigations now has arrived.
is related to this:
The student newspaper at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill is being accused of intentional bigotry and racism for publishing a cartoon featuring an image of Muhammad, the founder of Islam. The editorial carton published in the Daily Tar Heel was drawn by Philip McFee and seems to show Muhammad denouncing the Muslim violence that has erupted over the Danish cartoon controversy.
but we do know this:
Capt. George Hare of DPS said at a University press conference that the investigation was ongoing.
Hare said police will charge Taheriazar with “at least” multiple felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. The car is the weapon in the assault.“This assault