🔴 Virginia teen admitted to being inspired by ISIS 🔴 Prosecutors said the 17-year-old stabbed an officer in the chest ️ 🔴 Wounded officer survived his injuries because of a protective vest
FLORENCE — A teenager inspired by ISIS who was charged with attempting to kill a township police officer and assaulting two other cops last year has been sentenced to 18 years in prison, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw announced.
Under an agreement, Fasihullah Safar, 17, of Alexandria, Virginia, pled guilty in January to first-degree attempted murder, second-degree aggravated assault, third-degree aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, and third-degree theft of a motor vehicle.
Florence Township police stabbing attack leads to prison sentence
The incident began on March 21, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. after Safar intentionally struck a Florence Township police patrol vehicle multiple times while the officer was responding to a report of an overturned vehicle, Bradshaw said.
Following the collision on Route 130 near Station Road, Safar charged at additional officers arriving at the scene while aggressively swinging a knife and stabbed an officer multiple times in the chest, Bradshaw said…