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| Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez: Chattanooga suspect named as engineering graduate | Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez: Chattanooga suspect named as engineering graduate |
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| US media named the suspect as Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez. | US media named the suspect as Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez. |
| The Associated Press said Mr Abdulazeez, said to be from Hixson, Tennessee, which is just a few miles across the river from Chattanooga. was believed to have been born in Kuwait. | The Associated Press said Mr Abdulazeez, said to be from Hixson, Tennessee, which is just a few miles across the river from Chattanooga. was believed to have been born in Kuwait. |
| Local media said his father, Youssuf Abdullazeez, had been appointed a special constable by the city authorities in 2005. | |
| HAPPENING NOW: SWAT team staging to prepare for entry into suspect’s Hixson TN home. pic.twitter.com/991hSaLNQi | HAPPENING NOW: SWAT team staging to prepare for entry into suspect’s Hixson TN home. pic.twitter.com/991hSaLNQi |
| It unclear whether he was a US or Kuwaiti citizen and there has been no official confirmation by police of the suspect's identity. No-one answered the phone at his home. | It unclear whether he was a US or Kuwaiti citizen and there has been no official confirmation by police of the suspect's identity. No-one answered the phone at his home. |
| The suspect was a 2012 graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). He had an engineering degree, according to the Times Free Press and his father works for the city's public works department. | The suspect was a 2012 graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). He had an engineering degree, according to the Times Free Press and his father works for the city's public works department. |
| The newspaper said police Swat teams had raided the suspect's home on Thursday afternoon. | The newspaper said police Swat teams had raided the suspect's home on Thursday afternoon. |
| The New York Times said law enforcement officials said that Mr Abdulazeez had not been under investigation by the FBI but that analysts and agents were combing files for any possible evidence that he had ties to a foreign terrorist group. | The New York Times said law enforcement officials said that Mr Abdulazeez had not been under investigation by the FBI but that analysts and agents were combing files for any possible evidence that he had ties to a foreign terrorist group. |
| The scene in Tennessee | |
| The New York Times said law enforcement officials said that Mr Abdulazeez had not been under investigation by the FBI but that analysts and agents were combing files for any possible evidence that he had ties to a foreign terrorist group. | |
| People who had attended Red Bank High School with Ms Abdulazeez sent the Times Free Press photos of what appears to be his senior picture and senior quote in the school's yearbook. "My name causes national security alerts," the quote reads. "What does yours do?" | |
| In April, Mr Abdulazeez was arrested on suspicion of drink driving, according to the records of at Hamilton County Jail. | |
| The young man was also said to be a fan of mixed martial arts, something he took up after he left high school. The Times Free Press posted a video that apparently showed Mr Abdulazeez taking part in a bout. |