The Latest: Victim begged mall stabber not to kill him
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The Latest on the stabbings at a Minnesota mall over the weekend (all times local):
12 p.m.
A man who was stabbed in the back during a knife attack at a St. Cloud mall that injured nine others says he begged his attacker not to kill him.
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Isaiah Mordal says he was leaving work at a pretzel shop at Crossroads Center mall Saturday with his girlfriend Johanna Bohnenkamp when he saw Dahir Adan stab two others.
Mordal tells KARE-TV (http://kare11.tv/2deRVXu ) he and Bohnenkamp were cornered by the man before they could run. Mordal suffered a stab wound that required stitches.
When confronted, Mordal said he told Adan, "please don't do this."
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The man then turned to Bohnenkamp, who is nine months pregnant. As Mordal screamed and ran at him, the man cut the back of Bohnenkamp's neck.
An off-duty officer fatally shot Adan. All ten victims survived their wounds.
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1:40 a.m.
He was a recent college student and had worked part time. He was said to be a high school honors student. He had nothing more than a minor traffic citation on his record.
But on Saturday, for reasons still unclear, authorities say Dahir Ahmed Adan went to a central Minnesota mall and cut or stabbed 10 people before he was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer.
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Little new information was released Monday about the 20-year-old Adan. But authorities are investigating the attacks as a potential act of terrorism.
A Somali community advocate who spoke with Adan's parents said he was going to the mall to pick up an iPhone.
Those who know Adan say he was a calm, cool guy, and they are trying to figure out what pushed him to violence.