Boston Police Claim Video Shows Terrorism Suspect Lunging at Officer Before Shooting

Boston police have said they have surveillance video that shows a terrorism suspect lunging at police officers with a long military knife before he is fatally shot in the chest and abdomen.

The incident took place Tuesday morning in Boston's Roslindale neighborhood, when 26-year-old Usaama Rahim was approached by officers to be questioned about recent social media activities that made authorities suspicious of Rahim's involvement with foreign terrorist groups.

Rahim has reportedly been monitored by the FBI for years, but the surveillance on the terrorism suspect has been raised in recent weeks.

When officers approached Rahim, he allegedly lunged at the them with a large military knife, and the officers fired in self-defense.

One report from two local law enforcement officials to the Boston Globe claimed that Rahim and a second terrorism suspect were planning to behead the police officer they lunged at on Tuesday.

The law enforcement official said that the two men were allegedly planning to "to behead a police officer" and that they "were planning to take action Tuesday."

The FBI has indicated that they will be investigating Rahim's recent death.

Ibrahim Hooper, the spokesman for the Council of American-Islamic Relations, told the Associated Press that there are still unanswered questions surrounding Rahim's death.

"We have a number of questions," Hooper said. "Why exactly was he being followed? What was the probable cause for this particular stop? Were there any video cameras or body cameras of the incident? How do you reconcile the two versions of the story, the family version being that he was on his normal commute to work at a bus stop?"