FBI says probing Michigan airport stabbing as ‘act of terrorism’
By Reuters
22 June 2017 |
5:01 am
FBI Special Agent in Charge David Gelios said federal authorities were investigating the stabbing of a police officer at Bishop International Airport in Flint, Michigan, as an 'act of terrorism'.
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