FBI Investigating Muslim Hate Crime After Mich. Stabbing

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a possible hate crime after two men were stabbed at a bus stop in Michigan for reportedly not being Muslim.

The incident took place this past Saturday night at a bus stop in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Michigan. Terrence Lavaron Thomas, 39, is suspected of attacking two men with a knife after he asked a group of people if they were Muslim.

When two men responded "no," Thomas reportedly began stabbing them. He stabbed one victim multiple times in the back and face, and stabbed a second victim once in the hand when they tried to intervene.

Southfield Police Chief Eric Hawkins told CNN that when the two men told the suspect that they were not Muslim, Thomas reportedly "became upset by that answer, saying he was Muslim and it was not acceptable that they were not."

Hawkins added that while the local police force and the FBI will investigate if Thomas' actions were religiously-motivated, they will also be investigating the suspect's mental stability at the time of the incident. Thomas has been charged with intent to murder, drug possession and weapons charges.

"We are getting indications through my officers that the suspect was somewhat incoherent afterward, and so there's a question about his stability," Hawkins said.

The men were reportedly attacked with two three-inch knife blades that were later recovered from Thomas when he was found walking down Greenfield Road by police minutes after the attack.