Zip-Tie Handcuffs, Other Suspicious Items Found In UC Merced Attacker’s Backpack

UPDATE (1:20 p.m.): Authorities say there is no indication that the stabbing at UC Merced is at all related to terrorism.
UC Merced Chancellor Dorothy Leland has released a statement about the incident, stating:
“We are in the preliminary stages of our inquiry, but based on the evidence gathered so far, including at the crime scene and at the suspect’s campus dormitory room, we have no reason to believe that this was in any way related to terrorism … At this point, it wou