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U.S. authorities say they expect to file more charges against Amor Ftouhi, a Montreal man who allegedly stabbed a police officer in the neck at an airport in Flint, Mich., on Wednesday.

Ftouhi, a Tunisian-born man who police say shouted “Allahu akbar” in the attack, has already been charged with committing violence at an airport, a crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

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“It is safe to say there will be additional charges forthcoming against Mr. Ftouhi in the future,” Acting U.S. Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch told a press conference in Detroit on Thursday.

Lemisch said additional charges may include federal terrorism offences.

Investigators so far have no information to suggest the attack was part of a wider plot or that the attacker was aided, said David P. Gelios, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Detroit division. Neither U.S. nor Canadian authorities had Ftouhi on their radar, he said.