By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
DETROIT — The FBI has been asked to investigate the assault of two men in suburban Detroit who were stabbed after saying they weren’t Muslim, The Washington Times reports.
Terrence Lavaron Thomas, a Muslim, was charged Tuesday with unlawful intent and possession of a controlled substance following the stabbing at a bus stop in Southfield, a suburb of Detroit.
Southfield Police are asking the FBI to determine whether a hate crime was committed.
“The victims in this case said that the suspect asked them if they were Muslim,” said Southfield Police Chief Eric Hawkins. “They responded that they were not, and then there was some back-and-forth between the victims and the suspect.”
Thomas is accused of stabbing one of them three times in the back. Another man who tried to intervene was stabbed in the hand.
Police said the trio did not know each other.
