A Canadian terrorist, jailed for 40 years in the U.S. for planning to blow up Time Square, is now charged with shanking a prison guard in the eye..Pennlive said guard Dale Franquet Jr. told them he had no doubt Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy, 22, was trying to kill him when he attacked him from behind and stabbed him in the right eye with a shank..He was blinded in the attack..“I was fighting for my life,” Franquet, 51 said Monday, as he described the 6:15 a.m. attack on Dec. 7.. Mossleigh pub briefly opens before authorities move in .His doctor told him he came “within the width of a dime” of being killed, Franquet said..Franquet was stabbed twice at the Allenwood Federal Penitentiary..Franquet said El Bahnasawy came up behind him and stabbed him near the jugular. As they struggled, the inmate also stabbed him in the right eye. A female officer deployed pepper spray and other guards came to his assistance, he told Pennlive..Surgeons tried unsuccessfully to save the eye..El Bahnasawy, 20, of Mississauga pleaded guilty in October 2016 to conspiring with ISIS operatives to commit terrorist acts – including plans to bomb Times Square and the city’s subway system.They also planned to carry out mass shootings at concerts..As he was jailed for 40 years, El Bahnasawy’s mother stood up and shouted in protest: “This is a sick boy! This is crazy. You have no justice.”.His defence lawyer said El Bahnasawy was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, experienced psychotic episodes and had been addicted to drugs since age 14. .When he was 17, he came across an undercover FBI agent online..The defence argued their client was entrapped by the FBI into planning to commit the crimes..He was arrested outside a NTY hotel in 2016 after buying bomb-making materials. The FBI said he planned to build the devices at a nearby rented cabin..El Bahnasawy later pleaded guilty to terrorism charges..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
A Canadian terrorist, jailed for 40 years in the U.S. for planning to blow up Time Square, is now charged with shanking a prison guard in the eye..Pennlive said guard Dale Franquet Jr. told them he had no doubt Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy, 22, was trying to kill him when he attacked him from behind and stabbed him in the right eye with a shank..He was blinded in the attack..“I was fighting for my life,” Franquet, 51 said Monday, as he described the 6:15 a.m. attack on Dec. 7.. Mossleigh pub briefly opens before authorities move in .His doctor told him he came “within the width of a dime” of being killed, Franquet said..Franquet was stabbed twice at the Allenwood Federal Penitentiary..Franquet said El Bahnasawy came up behind him and stabbed him near the jugular. As they struggled, the inmate also stabbed him in the right eye. A female officer deployed pepper spray and other guards came to his assistance, he told Pennlive..Surgeons tried unsuccessfully to save the eye..El Bahnasawy, 20, of Mississauga pleaded guilty in October 2016 to conspiring with ISIS operatives to commit terrorist acts – including plans to bomb Times Square and the city’s subway system.They also planned to carry out mass shootings at concerts..As he was jailed for 40 years, El Bahnasawy’s mother stood up and shouted in protest: “This is a sick boy! This is crazy. You have no justice.”.His defence lawyer said El Bahnasawy was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, experienced psychotic episodes and had been addicted to drugs since age 14. .When he was 17, he came across an undercover FBI agent online..The defence argued their client was entrapped by the FBI into planning to commit the crimes..He was arrested outside a NTY hotel in 2016 after buying bomb-making materials. The FBI said he planned to build the devices at a nearby rented cabin..El Bahnasawy later pleaded guilty to terrorism charges..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
