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| Mohammed Reza Taheri-Azar Drives Through Crowd Deliberately |
| 2006-03-03 |
| May be just random nutjob, or... a not so random nutjob. 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 with minor injuries. Mohammed Reza Taheriazar, 22, who graduated in 2005, is still in custody at the Department of Public Safety after turning himself in after the incident. DPS spokesman Randy Young said he will be transferred, likely to the Orange County Jail, but did not say when that would be. Taheriazar was born May 5, 1983, Born where? 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 Investigation now has arrived. No counter-terrorist agents are present, said Capt. Joel Booker, of the Carrboro Police Department. Booker said the threat is related to the campus incident. All buildings have been cleared, and police encourage residents not to return to the complex. Officials have not yet entered the apartment, Booker said at 4:30 p.m. "To my knowledge, the only person involved is being dealt with on (campus police's) end," he said. "This person obviously has roommates, but there's no reason to believe they were involved." No, none at all. HEY LOOKITTHAT! Oh, just a bird. What were we talking about? Commons apartments typically house four people. Booker said Taheriazar has two roommates, one a UNC student and one a student at a local community college. They are trying to get one of the roommates to return to the apartment. What ever for? Chapel Hill police spokeswoman Jane Cousins said a Mohammed Reza Taheri-Azar has a prior arrest. He was arrested June 16, 2003, on one count of resisting arrest and reckless driving. EFL Much more at the link. The only thing that shocks me is that they gave out his name. I'm guess the Daily Tar Heel doesn't know that they are supposed to edit funny sounding names when it might be... well... you know. |
| Posted by:Laurence of the Rats |
| #2 Reza indicates he's Persian (Iran). And screwing around with the suffix of his last name was common for the rioting Iranian students of the 70s. There are meanings for the suffix (i.e. -pour is son, zadeh is daughter) I don't know what azar is for. March is a common month for birthdate claims as their passports only have years, however, the days were usually the 21st or 20th of March (first or last day of the persian calender). |
| Posted by: Xenophon 2006-03-03 21:57 |
| #1 Meant to put this on page two. |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2006-03-03 17:45 |