OKLAHOMA BEHEADING LEADS TO FEARS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM
A man who allegedly stabbed and beheaded a front office worker at food processing firm where he had just been fired from had recently started trying to convert employees to Islam, USA Todayreports.
Moore, Okla., Police said the FBI was asked for assistance in the case because of the "manner of death" of the victim. Alton Nolen, 30, had just been fired from Vaughan Foods on Thursday afternoon when he drove to the front of the building, hit another vehicle and walked inside, according to police.
"Nolen encountered (fellow worker Colleen) Hufford with a knife," said Sgt. Jeremy Lewis with the Moore Police Department. "During the attack, Nolen severed the victim's head."
Lewis said the knife may have been used by Nolen at the plant to cut lettuce or vegetables.
Nolen had the words "as-salaamu alaikum," Arabic for "peace be with you," tattooed on his abdomen according to Corrections Department records, NewsOk.com reports. Court records show that Nolen was convicted on drug-related charges and of assaulting an officer in 2011, NewsOk.com reports. In October 2010, he led state troopers on a 12-hour, high-speed chase after he was pulled over because of outstanding warrants.
The gruesome killing has some wondering if there's a link to recent beheadings of westerners in the Middle East by ISIL terrorists.
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