--- description: A Saudi Arabian student at the University of Wisconsin-Stout has died from injuries suffered in an assault that took place on Sunday. title: Saudi Student at University of Wisconsin Dies After Attack image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt025dfeaf0ac637ff/6988ac6fab6d77d7666abc74/636135399844916475-alnahdi-hussainsaeed.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Saudi Student at University of Wisconsin Dies After Attack by [Suyin Haynes](/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 1, 2016 2:23 PM CUT  Hussain Saeed Alnahdi Hussain Saeed AlnahdiUniversity of Wisconsin-Stout by [Suyin Haynes](/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 1, 2016 2:23 PM CUT A Saudi Arabian student at the University of Wisconsin-Stout has died from injuries suffered in an assault that took place over the weekend. Hussain Saeed Alnahdi, 24, was found by police in downtown Menomonie shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday. He was unconscious and bleeding from his mouth after being attacked by a suspect described as a 6-foot-tall white man, as described by Menomonie police and [reported](http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2016/10/31/uw-stout-student-dies-after-assault/93091678/ "undefined") by the Milwaukee-Wisconsin _Journal Sentinel_. The Menomonie Police Department [said late Monday ](https://www.facebook.com/MenomoniePoliceDepartment/posts/1483218758361764 "undefined")that Alnahdi had died and his death was being investigated as a homicide. The motive for the attack was not immediately clear. Alnahdi had joined the university in 2015 and was studying business administration. “Our deepest sympathies, thoughts and prayers go out to Hussain’s family in Buraydah, Saudi Arabia, and his friends at UW-Stout,” UW-Stout Chancellor Bob Meyer said in a [statement](https://www.facebook.com/uwstout/photos/a.73168499740.97573.22349744740/10155481419624741/?type=3&theater "undefined"). Meyer also appealed for anyone with information regarding the attack to come forward. The Minnesota regional office of the Council on Islamic American Relations, an Islamic civil rights and advocacy group, [tweeted](https://twitter.com/CAIRMN/status/793284985289641984 "undefined") that they were monitoring the situation. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4553008/saudi-student-dies-wisconsin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4553008/saudi-student-dies-wisconsin/"},"headline":"Saudi Student at University of Wisconsin Dies After Attack","datePublished":"2016-11-01T14:23:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:32:40.396Z","description":"Police are investigating the assault as a homicide","url":"https://time.com/4553008/saudi-student-dies-wisconsin/","keywords":["Crime","student","Wisconsin"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt025dfeaf0ac637ff/6988ac6fab6d77d7666abc74/636135399844916475-alnahdi-hussainsaeed.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Suyin Haynes","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt025dfeaf0ac637ff/6988ac6fab6d77d7666abc74/636135399844916475-alnahdi-hussainsaeed.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"636135399844916475-alnahdi-hussainsaeed","caption":"Hussain Saeed Alnahdi","creditText":"University of Wisconsin-Stout","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4553008/saudi-student-dies-wisconsin/","name":"Saudi Student at University of Wisconsin Dies After Attack"}}]}] ```