The RCMP confirms to NEWSTALK 1010 that they're involved in an operation at a building in Montreal in connection with the stabbing of an airport police officer in Flint, Michigan.
Reports indicate police were at an apartment on Bélair Street in Montreal's St-Michel neighbourhood.
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U.S. authorities have identified the suspect as 50-year-old Amor Ftouhi, a Canadian resident.
FBI special investigator David Gelios says Ftoui entered the U.S. on June 16 and arrived at the Bishop International Airport in Flint, Mich., Wednesday morning.
He says the incident is being investigated as an act of terrorism.
U.S. authorities said earlier Wednesday that they were investigating witness reports that the suspect made statements during the incident, including saying ``Allahu akbar,'' the Arabic phrase for ``God is great.''
Public Safety Canada called the incident a ``heinous and cowardly act,'' adding that Canadian law enforcement agencies are in touch with their U.S. counterparts and assisting them in every way possible.
Michigan State Police Lt. Mike Shaw says the officer who was stabbed in the neck _ airport police Lt. Jeff Neville _ has undergone surgery and his condition has been upgraded from critical to stable.
With files from The Canadian Press