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Dec 8
WASHINGTON: A graduate student from Saudi Arabia was charged on Saturday with killing a retired anthropology professor, a specialist in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies with whom he had worked.
Abdulsalam Al-Zahrani, 46, a native of Saudi Arabia studying for a doctorate in cultural anthropology, was charged with second-degree murder, and is being held without bail after a brief arraignment.
Al-Zahrani allegedly pulled out a six-inch kitchen knife and stabbed Richard Antoun, 77, an emeritus professor of anthropology and peace activist, four times in the chest in the professor's campus office Friday.
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Saudi student in US charged with murder
Filed under NewsDec 8BINGHAMTON, New York – A graduate student from Saudi Arabia, Abdulsalam Al-Zahrani, has been charged with fatally stabbing a Binghamton University anthropology professor to death.
Al-Zahrani, 46, was charged Saturday with murder in the death of 77-year-old Richard T. Antoun. The professor was stabbed in his campus office Friday, and the weapon was later recovered, authorities said. A roommate, Souleyman Sukho said over the weekend that Al-Zahrani came at him with a blade during the three weeks they shared an apartment with a third student, Luis Pena.
Sukho and Pena said they never heard their roommate mention Antoun, who was a professor with the anthropology department, where Al-Zahrani was working on a dissertation about early Arabic culture.
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