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US: Israeli stabbing suspect agrees to return to Michigan

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An Israeli citizen suspected in a three-state stabbing spree that killed five people says he won't fight extradition to Michigan to face charges. Thirty-three-year-old Elias Abuelazam appeared Friday in an Atlanta courtroom. He was arrested late Wednesday as he was waiting to board a flight to Tel Aviv at the Atlanta airport.

 

Abuelazam is charged with attempted murder in a July 27 stabbing in Michigan, where all but four of the 18 attacks occurred.Other attacks were in Ohio and Virginia. Abuelazam, who is a legal US resident, was living in Flint. (AP)

 

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