'Concerned but very hopeful': Reactions to the stabbing in St. Cloud

MPR News Staff
Sunday press conference after mall stabbing.
St. Cloud Police Chief William Blair Anderson and other officials hold a press conference Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, giving updated information on the Crossroads Center incident. A man in a private security uniform stabbed nine people at a Minnesota shopping mall Saturday, reportedly asking one victim if they were Muslim before an off-duty police officer shot and killed him.
Jason Wachter | St. Cloud Times via AP

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Gov. Dayton met this morning with community leaders in St. Cloud, where over the weekend a man wielding a knife attacked shoppers at a St. Cloud shopping mall. Before the governor's meeting, Tom Weber talked with several people in St. Cloud about what happened - and how it's affecting the community.

• Mark Zdechlik, Reporter, MPR News

• William Blair Anderson, Chief of Police, City of St. Cloud

• Jaylani Hussein, executive director of CAIR-MN

• Lul Hersi, community advocate, mother of four children, interpreter, and longtime St. Cloud resident.

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