'He had far greater intentions to do damage': Police reveal twisted college freshman who stabbed four on campus had a backpack containing petroleum jelly, handcuffs and night vision goggles
Student from Santa Clara went on rampage at UC Merced on Wednesday
The attack happened shortly before 8am PT at the Sacramento campus
He was shot dead by police before 9.30am, officials confirmed
The victims included two students, a staff member and a contract worker
A Twitter account linked to ISIS later praised the attack - although police say 'there's nothing to indicate any political or religious motivation'
Mohammad's roommate said he was anti-social and didn't talk to anyone
A witness said bomb squad made a controlled explosion near the scene
By Wills Robinson and Khaleda Rahman For Dailymail.com
Published: 10:17 EST, 5 November 2015 | Updated: 23:43 EST, 5 November 2015
A reclusive student shot dead by police after stabbing four people in a California university campus attack ‘had far greater intentions to do damage’, Merced County Sheriff said Wednesday.
Faisal Mohammad, a freshman who majored in computer science and engineering at the University of California was carrying highly flammable petroleum jelly, ziptie handcuffs, night vision goggles, duct tape and a hammer in his backpack when he was shot in the back by cops.
In reference to the petroleum jelly, Sheriff Vern Warnke said: 'He had poor man's C4' - C4 being the dense, putty-like explosive used widely by the military and demolition teams.
Moments before he had 'smiled' as he used a 10-inch hunting knife to stab two students, a campus construction worker and a female teacher in a terrifying attack that was praised by an ISIS-linked Twitter account.
Sheriff Vern Warnke tolf a press conference on Wednesday: 'He had poor man's C4' - C4 being the dense, putty-like explosive used widely by the military and demolition teams
However police have insisted his attacks were based on 'personal animosities' and a 'vendetta', not a political agenda.
The 18 year old, described as anti-social by his roommate, was supposedly 'having fun' as he slashed the first student in the throat inside a classroom.
Overhearing the commotion, construction worker Byron Price, 31, intervened and was stabbed in his left side by Mohammad as he tried to stop the attack.
'He (Mohammad) had a smile on his face, he was having fun - which is more what bothers me,' Price told CBSFresno.
Sheriff Vern Warnke said that Price's entrance into the classroom likely prevented the death of the first victim who was attacked.
Mohammad, 18, a freshman from Santa Clara (left and high school picture right) majored in computer science and engineering
'I just kind of kicked at him,' Price added. 'It was a really big knife and he was swinging it down so I figured if I was on the ground and my feet were at him, he could get my legs and not my body. And it.
He also revealed that he drove himself to hospital despite his injuries and received nine staples. He is now at home with his children and fiancée.
After being disturbed by Price, Mohammad is understood to have fled down two flights of stairs and outside, where he stabbed a female student and a female staff member.
The suspect was then shot and killed by police about 35 or 40 yards away from the classroom.
The attack drew praise Thursday from a Twitter account associated with the Islamic State, Fox News reported.
'May Allah accept him,' read the tweet in Arabic just minutes after Mohammad's name was divulged by campus authorities.
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