May 16-2014
Albuquerque, New Mexico, police have arrested a man accused of threatening to stab a couple of Muslim teenagers playing basketball, simply because he hated Muslims.
Nilsson Wood is accused of threatening a 15-year-old and his friend with a knife.
The incident happened at the basketball court that belongs to the Islamic Center of New Mexico.
According to the criminal complaint, the teen and his friend were playing basketball when they heard Wood screaming down the street. They said they didn’t think anything of it until he came to the court and ended up face-to-face with them.
The 15-year-old said Wood pulled out a knife and told them he hates Muslims and he wanted to kill them.
Police say Wood was intoxicated at the time.
Wood is not charged with any hate crimes but he is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and child abuse.
