Burned Georgia Tech Student Dies From Injuries (Iranian Grad Student Was Making Molotov Firebombs)

AJC.com ^ | Thursday, March 6, 2014 | Alexis Stevens

[DogByte6RER]

Burned Georgia Tech student dies from injuries

The Georgia Tech graduate student burned over 90 percent of his body last month died Thursday, the Institute said.

Saamer Akhshabi was burned in a Feb. 4 explosion inside his apartment, where investigators found a suspected Molotov cocktail and several plastic bottles filled with gasoline and kerosene. Akhshabi, 26, was transported in critical condition to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he died early Thursday, Georgia Tech shared with the campus.

"We have worked closely with other law enforcement agencies during the investigation of this tragic incident," Robert Connolly, interim police chief for Georgia Tech, said in an emailed statement. "The FBI has relayed that, to date, they have not developed any information or evidence indicating criminal intent in this investigation."

Investigators determined that Akhshabi was not a threat to the Georgia Tech community, Connolly said. But no information was released regarding why Akhshabi had the explosive materials.

Akhshabi was studying in the College of Computing at Tech, where he had attended since 2009, according to his web page. He was scheduled to graduate in May. Prior to moving to Atlanta, Akhshabi completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Tehran in Iran, his native country.

[Cicero]

Investigators determined that Akhshabi was not a threat to the Georgia Tech community, Connolly said.

Not now, anyway.

[boycott]

He won’t do that again.

[AlexW]

“What kind of idiot makes Molotov cocktails in their apartment?”
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Muzie idiots, of course.

[papertyger]

I was wrong.

There IS something better than a dead jihadi....

[faithhopecharity]

Gee. Georgia tech used to turn out some fairly competent people.

[catnipman]

“investigation of this tragic incident”

Wait. What? Tragic incident? Isn’t an arsonist being burned to death by mishandling his own Molotov Cocktails without harming anyone else what one would call “poetic justice”?

[Smokin' Joe]

Investigators determined that Akhshabi was not a threat to the Georgia Tech community, Connolly said.

Well, accidents happen, but anyone who can't put together a Molotov cocktail without self-immolation probably is mostly a threat to themselves.

At least he wasn't making TATP...

[papertyger]

Please explain to me any logical reason to have bottles of gasoline and kerosene in your apartment. I don’t get law enforcement anymore.

They haven't been "law enforcement" for a long time: they're "population management" officers.

[Bogey78O]

Yet if someone has 8 rounds in a gun in New York, they clearly intend to massacre children.

[ansel12]

So, why was he working with Molotov Cocktails at the time of the aforesaid "tragic accident?"

They just meant that he was no threat to the Georgia Tech community...... aside from that terrorist bomb stuff.

[biff]

The main question is the directions from the homeland instruct the usage of plastic bottles? If so, it needs to be passed worldwide thru the muzzie terrorist network.

[papertyger]

Intent to commit self-defense....

[dandiegirl]

They should let more American kids in and less foreigners. They are taking spots of intelligent qualified Americans.

[NonValueAdded]

Yet if someone has 8 rounds in a gun in New York, they clearly intend to massacre children.

Exactly!

[Michael.SF.]

they have not developed any information or evidence indicating criminal intent in this investigation."

So they must have a logical explanation of why this guy was keeping gasoline in his apartment and using it to make bombs.

[elcid1970]

Been driving past Grady Memorial for years on I-20 westbound.

Now I can drive past it and laugh. Recipe for roast jihadi, anyone?

[Georgia Girl 2]

“What kind of idiot makes Molotov cocktails in their apartment?”

Someone with 1000 years of inbreeding in the family tree. :-)

[353FMG]

Burning wreck from Georgia Tech.

[papertyger]

Recipe for roast jihadi, anyone?

I gotta tell ya...I'm pretty pleased with his recipe:

Sear jihadi over high heat for three minutes.

Let simmer for one month.

Serv (ice)

[GeronL]

So this went down as alcohol-related?