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The Temple Terrace Police Department responded to the woman's call for help outside Temple Terrace's City Hall at about 1:15 p.m. Friday. For reasons unknown to police, the woman, later identified as 21-year-old Heba Momtaz Alazhari, then tried to attack an officer with a large knife
The woman, identified as 22-year-old Heba Momtaz Al-Azhari, was shot by police and later died at the hospital. The officer sustained non-life-threatening injuries during the attack.
Spectrum Bay News 9 reported that Al-Azhari is the sister of a man who was accused of plotting acts of terrorism this week. The Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that they had charged Muhammed Momtaz Al-Azhari, 23, with "attempting to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization, namely, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS)."
Muhammed Momtaz Al-Azhari was allegedly plotting terrorist attacks in the Tampa Bay area, including one on Honeymoon Island, a popular beach park.