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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ed White

Suspect in Michigan Walmart stabbings is charged with a rarely used state terrorism count

US Michigan Walmart Stabbing - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A Michigan prosecutor filed a terrorism charge Monday against a man accused of stabbing 11 people at a Walmart store. The charge has been rarely used in the state's courts since it was adopted more than 20 years ago during the national outrage over 9/11.

Grand Traverse County Prosecutor Noelle Moeggenberg said she believes the charge fits because the weekend attack was intended to “put fear in the entire community and to change how maybe we operate on a daily basis.”

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