--- title: Calif. College Stabber May Have 'Self-Radicalized' description: He stabbed four people at his school in November before being killed by police canonical: https://time.com/4263849/calif-college-stabber-may-have-self-radicalized-from-terrorist-propaganda/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-18T01:07:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:01:05.964Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Calif. College Stabber May Have 'Self-Radicalized' og:description: He stabbed four people at his school in November before being killed by police og:url: https://time.com/4263849/calif-college-stabber-may-have-self-radicalized-from-terrorist-propaganda/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0bbd9a5ffdd8a72d/69888b87bc6cfc99263dc346/uc-merced-stabbing.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Five people stabbed at UC Merced og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Calif. College Stabber May Have 'Self-Radicalized' twitter:description: He stabbed four people at his school in November before being killed by police twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0bbd9a5ffdd8a72d/69888b87bc6cfc99263dc346/uc-merced-stabbing.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Calif. College Stabber May Have 'Self-Radicalized' From Terrorist Propaganda by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Mar 18, 2016 1:07 AM CUT  University of California's Merced campus after a reported stabbing on Nov. 4, 2015. University of California's Merced campus after a reported stabbing on Nov. 4, 2015.Andrew Kuhn—Merced Sun-Star/Getty Images by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Mar 18, 2016 1:07 AM CUT A California college student who stabbed four people at his school in November before being killed by police may have been inspired by the terror group ISIS and other extremist groups, federal investigators said Thursday. Faisal Mohammad, 18, “may have self-radicalized and drawn inspiration from terrorist propaganda” before the [Nov. 4 attack](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/uc-merced-stabbing-spree-police-id-suspect-faisal-mohammad-18-n458006 "undefined") at the University of California, Merced campus, the Department of Justice said in a statement. All four people who were stabbed survived. The Justice Department said the FBI found pro-ISIS propaganda on his laptop and evidence that he visited extremist websites in the weeks before the attack. Investigators also found. . . [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/faisal-mohammad-california-college-stabber-may-have-self-radicalized-fbi-n541086?cid=par-time%5F20160318 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4263849/calif-college-stabber-may-have-self-radicalized-from-terrorist-propaganda/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4263849/calif-college-stabber-may-have-self-radicalized-from-terrorist-propaganda/"},"headline":"Calif. 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