Friends Say Minnesota Attacker Was ‘Normal American Kid’ - The New York Times
Mitch Smith and Richard Pérez-Peña
As he stalked through the Crossroads Center mall, wearing a security guard uniform and wielding a knife, the attacker, identified by officials on Monday as Dahir Adan, 20, mentioned Allah and asked at least one victim if he was Muslim, the police said.
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