Hussain Saeed Alnahdi
UW-Stout
A Saudi exchange student at the University of Wisconsin-Stout died Monday after being assaulted outside a pizza place near campus this weekend. Now police are searching for the assailant who witnesses say fled the scene after the attack.
On Monday, UW-Stout Chancellor Bob Meyer identified the student as Hussain Saeed Alnahdi, 24, a junior majoring in business administration who came to the US in 2015 from Buraydah, Saudi Arabia.
Menomonie Police, who are leading the investigation, said the assault occurred shortly after 2 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 30, near Topper’s Pizza on Main Street in Menomonie.
The police told BuzzFeed News that the first officer saw blood coming from Alnahdi’s nose and that he was unconscious.
After the assault, Alnahdi was taken to Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire to be treated for his injuries. Meyer later posted on Facebook that while in the hospital Alnahdi’s condition worsened and he died Monday.
An autopsy is being conducted Tuesday to determine more detail about his injuries and the cause of death.
Nobody has been arrested and police and the school’s administration are appealing to anyone with information to come forward, adding that no one has yet. Witnesses described the suspect as a 6-foot-tall white male.
“I want to make a personal appeal to anyone on campus or in the community who might have information that would help authorities locate the individual involved in the attack to come forward,” Meyer wrote on Facebook.
Menomie Police Commander of Operation Todd Swartz told BuzzFeed News that police are in the process of speaking with the local businesses to see if anyone captured surveillance video of the assault. “If any possible leads are identified in the video that would be released to the public,” Swartz said.
Asked if police are considering this a possible hate crime, Swartz said, “we can’t confirm that at this stage.”
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