Another Reason to Avoid an Arranged Marriage
Advice from Aunt Agatha: Avoid an arranged marriage - the stress can kill.
SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) — The driver in a hit-and-run rampage that killed one man and injured more than a dozen people was mentally unstable and feeling stress from a recent arranged marriage, according to relatives.
Omeed A. Popal, 29, was taken into custody Tuesday following a rampage that terrorized pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists. Authorities believe it began more than an hour earlier when his black Honda Pilot fatally struck a man in the East Bay area.
“He drove on sidewalks, streets, hit people on crosswalks. It runs the gamut,” said police spokesman Sgt. Neville Gittens.
Popal was arrested on suspicion of 14 counts of attempted murder and a charge of willful flight after causing serious injury or death, Gittens said.
A woman who identified herself as Popal’s cousin said he had been having recurring nightmares about someone coming to kill him and had been taking medication.
“He thought the devil was coming to him,” said Zargona Ramish, who went to the family’s home Tuesday afternoon while Popal’s relatives were speaking with police. “He is a very good person. He is not like that. What’s wrong with him?”
Another cousin, Hamid Nekrawesh, said a recent arranged marriage in Afghanistan, where his family is from, may have contributed to Popal’s problems.
Interestingly the police (or the reporters) don’t understand that a car, like an airplane, can be a weapon:
No weapons were found on the suspect, though the car had not been searched, Gittens said. There was no information on whether drugs or alcohol were involved, and it was unclear how fast he was driving, he said.
You can weaponize almost anything - planes, trains and automobiles, bottles of water, baby formula, shoes, individuals if they will just strap on their bomb… just about anything.
-Aggie