The Montreal man accused of trying to kill an airport cop in the U.S. did so on a highly symbolic day for Muslims, TVA reports.

The network reports that Wednesday — the day Amor Ftouhi allegedly almost killed the officer at an airport in Flint, Michigan — was Laylat Al-Qadr or “night of fate.”

It’s one of the nights that ends the month of Ramadan and is in memory of the angel Gabriel, who revealed the Qur’an to the Prophet Muhammad.

Ftouhi, 49, is accused of stabbing the officer in the neck while shouting “Allahu Akbar” (Allah is great).

Motivation for the attack was his “hatred of the United States,” the FBI claims.

“This is the most important moment of Ramadan, so it is very symbolic,” Herman Deparice-Okomba of the Center for Prevention Of Radicalization Leading to Violence told TVA. “This is only a hypothesis, but as he was in the United States for 5 days before taking action, one can believe that there was planning.”

A man described as a quiet and kind, Ftouhi’s suspected sinister actions underline how difficult it is to pinpoint aspiring terrorists, Deparice-Okomba said.

“This event reminds us that in terms of radicalization and terrorism there is no profile,” Deparice-Okomba said, adding most terrorists are between the ages of 17 and 30.

The alleged terrorist crossed into the U.S. on June 16 at Lake Champlain, NY, rented a car and drove to Flint — 11 hours away.

Now investigators are trying to piece together the Tunisian immigrant’s movements during those five days.

Meanwhile, Lt. Jeff Neville who was stabbed in the neck is recovering from the 30.5 cm gash that narrowly missed his major arteries and nerves.

“This was a matter of millimeters,” Dr. Donald Scholten told reporters. “The slash was probably very, very close to severing his major arteries and nerve — perhaps even his windpipe and digestive systems...This was not a shaving nick, if you will. This was significant force.”

Ftouhi is in custody and has a bond hearing scheduled for Wednesday.