Minnesota officials on Sunday briefed reporters on a stabbing spree at a mall shortly after Islamic State claimed the killed suspect was its ‘soldier’. FBI special agent in charge Richard Thornton said the FBI was investigating the incident, in which nine people were wounded, as a ‘potential act of terrorism’. St Cloud mayor David Kleis has praised the ‘heroic’ actions of off-duty police officer Jason Falconer, who shot and killed the assailant

Source: The Guardian September 18, 2016 19:48 UTC