Canadian sentenced to life in prison for U.S. airport attack
Amor Ftouhi
Ed White, The Associated Press
Published Thursday, April 18, 2019 3:23PM EDT
FLINT, Mich. -- A Canadian man convicted of terrorism for nearly killing a Michigan police officer while yelling "God is great" in Arabic was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday, after boldly declaring that he only regretted not having a machine-gun during the knife attack.
Amor Ftouhi's statements stunned U.S. District Judge Matthew Leitman, who said he'd been "wrestling very hard" with a decision about whether to allow the Tunisia native a chance to someday be released from prison.
Leitman said the remarks "persuaded me beyond any shadow of a doubt" that a life term was appropriate for the 51-year-old Ftouhi, who moved to Montreal in 2007.
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