Oklahoma Beheading
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Oklahoma Beheading
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(CNN) -- A man suspected of beheading a woman and stabbing another worker at an Oklahoma food plant was fired right before the attack, police said Friday.
Alton Alexander Nolen, 30, was terminated from his job at Vaughan Foods processing plant just before the rampage Thursday afternoon in Moore, Oklahoma, just outside Oklahoma City, said Sgt. Jeremy Lewis of the Moore Police Department.
After "he was terminated, he drove to the front of the business, running into a vehicle, exited his vehicle, entered the business, where he encountered the first victim, Colleen Hufford, 54, and began assaulting her with a knife. He did kill Colleen and he did sever her head."
A second woman, identified as 43-year-old Traci Johnson, survived the attack, thanks to the intervention of another co-worker -- the company's chief operating officer Mark Vaughan, an Oklahoma County reserve deputy -- who shot and wounded Nolen.
Johnson was hospitalized in stable condition with "numerous knife wounds," according to police.
"This off-duty deputy definitely saved Traci's life," Lewis said. "This was not going to stop if he didn't stop it. He's obviously a hero in this situation. It's very tragic that someone did lose their life, but it could have gotten a lot worse. This guy was definitely not going to stop. He didn't stop until he was shot."
Nolen recently had been trying to convert co-workers to Islam, Lewis said. "After conducting interviews with co-workers of Nolen's, information was obtained that he recently started trying to convert some of his coworkers to the Muslim religion."
Moore police have asked the FBI to help investigate the man's background.
"Due to the manner of death and the statement of co-workers and other initial information that investigators have gathered, we requested the assistance of the FBI in conducting a background investigation into Nolen."
Earlier Friday, U.S. law enforcement officials said there were no indication the attack was linked to terrorism.
Nolen was shot twice, police said, and was hospitalized in stable condition.
"We are shocked and deeply saddened by the events," Vaughan Foods spokeswoman Danielle Katcher said in a statement. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends of the team member we lost and all those affected, " Katcher added.
The attack appeared to be random. Lewis said the two victims were simply in Nolen's way when he entered the building. "He wasn't targeting anyone, wasn't going specifically after them. It appears they were just in his way as he came in."
Authorities were still interviewing witnesses Friday. Police said they did not yet have information on Nolen's background. They also have not yet said what charges Nolen might be facing.
"There's two separate incidents that we're looking at. We do have a homicide that our investigators are looking at and we have requested the assistance of the FBI in looking into the background of the suspect," Lewis said.
(CNN) -- A man suspected of beheading a woman and stabbing another worker at an Oklahoma food plant was fired right before the attack, police said Friday.
Alton Alexander Nolen, 30, was terminated from his job at Vaughan Foods processing plant just before the rampage Thursday afternoon in Moore, Oklahoma, just outside Oklahoma City, said Sgt. Jeremy Lewis of the Moore Police Department.
After "he was terminated, he drove to the front of the business, running into a vehicle, exited his vehicle, entered the business, where he encountered the first victim, Colleen Hufford, 54, and began assaulting her with a knife. He did kill Colleen and he did sever her head."
A second woman, identified as 43-year-old Traci Johnson, survived the attack, thanks to the intervention of another co-worker -- the company's chief operating officer Mark Vaughan, an Oklahoma County reserve deputy -- who shot and wounded Nolen.
Johnson was hospitalized in stable condition with "numerous knife wounds," according to police.
"This off-duty deputy definitely saved Traci's life," Lewis said. "This was not going to stop if he didn't stop it. He's obviously a hero in this situation. It's very tragic that someone did lose their life, but it could have gotten a lot worse. This guy was definitely not going to stop. He didn't stop until he was shot."
Nolen recently had been trying to convert co-workers to Islam, Lewis said. "After conducting interviews with co-workers of Nolen's, information was obtained that he recently started trying to convert some of his coworkers to the Muslim religion."
Moore police have asked the FBI to help investigate the man's background.
"Due to the manner of death and the statement of co-workers and other initial information that investigators have gathered, we requested the assistance of the FBI in conducting a background investigation into Nolen."
Earlier Friday, U.S. law enforcement officials said there were no indication the attack was linked to terrorism.
Nolen was shot twice, police said, and was hospitalized in stable condition.
"We are shocked and deeply saddened by the events," Vaughan Foods spokeswoman Danielle Katcher said in a statement. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends of the team member we lost and all those affected, " Katcher added.
The attack appeared to be random. Lewis said the two victims were simply in Nolen's way when he entered the building. "He wasn't targeting anyone, wasn't going specifically after them. It appears they were just in his way as he came in."
Authorities were still interviewing witnesses Friday. Police said they did not yet have information on Nolen's background. They also have not yet said what charges Nolen might be facing.
"There's two separate incidents that we're looking at. We do have a homicide that our investigators are looking at and we have requested the assistance of the FBI in looking into the background of the suspect," Lewis said.
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The founder of Islam was a jobless moocher off a rich wife, who had a dream in a cave and thought he saw a devil till his wife told him it was a marketable religious event. He started an army that went about raiding nearby towns and caravans, including driving populations of entire cities out into the desert to die. Murder, rape, child molestation and (the current topic) beheading were the actions of the guy who started this religion and his original followers. Those who did NOT go out with Mohammed in Jihad were considered hypocrites and WORSE than infidels. Those who do violence without provocation in the name of Allah are following the example set by their founder, as they would know if they could read their Korans.
The founder of Christianity was God himself in a man's body. He was kind, peaceful and loving except when the Temple was defiled. He healed people and preached righteousness, and so did his original disciples. He changed lives for the better everywhere he went and told his followers to do likewise. Those who did NOT preach and follow after upright living were to be rebuked and eventually shunned. Those who do violence without provocation in the name of Christ are going directly AGAINST his wishes, as they would know if they could read their Bibles.
Those who can think will realize, these are not exactly the same.
The founder of Christianity was God himself in a man's body. He was kind, peaceful and loving except when the Temple was defiled. He healed people and preached righteousness, and so did his original disciples. He changed lives for the better everywhere he went and told his followers to do likewise. Those who did NOT preach and follow after upright living were to be rebuked and eventually shunned. Those who do violence without provocation in the name of Christ are going directly AGAINST his wishes, as they would know if they could read their Bibles.
Those who can think will realize, these are not exactly the same.
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Not only is this also "Begging the Question" but it's 110% incorrect. Jebus was Jewish. In fact, it was not for decades after his death that the formal term for "christian" is first noted in historical documentation. More to the point of my previous troll which you so irrationally tried to derail with such an off color (hehe) image; Christianity owes it's very existence to the Roman empire who, so graciously, sought not to condemn for the most part, but exploit it. One such emperor Constantine, who after a (literal) dream, adopted Christianity and even wore it's likeness on his shield (which was the style at the time.) That's right, the one he used in battle. Christ, this is starting to sound a lot like Islam after all! After that we have all kinds of sorted Christian history full of crusades, inquisitions, witch hunts, etc. So calling Islam violent…. well…..
ACTUAL history is fun! As for that book, let’s look at the Old Testament and see all of the recommendations toward violence. Or did Moses (who is credited as the author of Leviticus by the Hebrew people) mean that gays should smoke weed every day?