- Posted May 11, 2012
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Uncle testifies at Michigan serial stabbing trial
FLINT (AP) -- The uncle of a serial stabbing suspect in Michigan says he doesn't see his nephew as a violent person.
Tony Sahwany testified Wednesday, the second day of trial for Elias Abuelazam, who is charged with fatally stabbing a 49-year-old man in Flint, Mich.
Prosecutors called Sahwany as a witness to explain how Abuelazam tried to leave the country in 2010 after 14 people were stabbed in the Flint area, five fatally.
Sahwany says he drove Abuelazam to the Detroit airport for a trip to Israel, his nephew's native country, because Abuelazam didn't want to work.
Sahwany says it doesn't "strike his mind" that Abuelazam is violent. He's on trial for the death of Arnold Minor and is separately charged with two more murders and six attempted murders.
Published: Fri, May 11, 2012
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