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(Reuters) - A man accused of stabbing a police officer at a Michigan airport last year was convicted in U.S. federal court on Tuesday of charges including terrorism, a court official said. READ MORE: Terrorism investigation launched after Canadian Amor Ftouhi accused of stabbing Michigan cop in neck

Federal prosecutors had an easy time persuading jurors: Witnesses wrestled Amor Ftouhi to the ground after seeing him attack Lt. Jeff Neville at the Flint airport in June 2017. Ftouhi's defense did not present a case and the jury took just more than an hour to reach its verdict, the court said. WATCH: Montreal man accused in Flint airport stabbing says it was ‘his mission’

Investigators say Ftouhi wanted to stab Neville, seize his gun and shoot people in the airport. Ftouhi, a Tunisian who was living in Montreal, legally drove into the U.S. at Champlain, New York, and arrived in Flint five days later. After unsuccessfully attempting to purchase a gun, he bought a knife, the station reported. He allegedly entered Bishop International Airport on June 20, 2017, walked up to Lt. Jeff Neville and stabbed him with a knife while yelling “Allahu Akhbar.”

Often mistranslated “God is great,” the phrase is Arabic for “Allah is the greatest,” or “Allah is supreme” over all other gods.
Amor Ftouhi is found guilty of three federal charges in the stabbing of an airport police officer last year in Flint, Michigan.