Man claiming CIA ties allegedly tries to slit commuter’s throat in unprovoked train attack

An Illinois antheral is down bars aft authorities accidental helium attempted to slash a commuter’s pharynx portion claiming helium was a CIA agent. 

Zakir Ibrahim, 25, is charged with attempted execution aft helium was arrested successful Chicago connected Tuesday, March 3, according to CWB Chicago. 

Authorities allege Ibrahim approached an Amtrak rider astatine the city’s Union Station and held a weapon to the victim’s chemoreceptor earlier slashing astatine his throat, the outlet reported.

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Zakir Ibrahim, 25, is charged with attempted execution aft helium was arrested successful Chicago, Illinois connected Tuesday, March 3, 2026, according to CWB Chicago. (Cook County Sheriff's Office )

In a detention filing obtained by the outlet, prosecutors said Ibrahim held a weapon to the victim’s face, took a measurement backmost and began trying to slash the victim’s throat, "only narrowly missing the victim’s pharynx by little than an inch."

The unfortunate narrowly escaped the alleged onslaught and "had to thin backmost to debar his pharynx being cut," the petition reportedly said. 

Ibrahim allegedly claimed to beryllium a CIA cause and said helium believed the unfortunate was a hitman, causing him to onslaught the bid passenger, the outlet reported. 

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Authorities reportedly alleged Zakir Ibrahim approached an Amtrak rider astatine the city’s Union Station and held a weapon to the victim’s chemoreceptor earlier slashing astatine his throat. (iStock)

Authorities person added the alleged onslaught was caught connected video by aggregate witnesses astatine the station.

Ibrahim was subsequently taken into custody and held without bond, according to tribunal documents obtained by Fox News Digital. 

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Zakir Ibrahim allegedly claimed to beryllium a CIA cause and said helium believed the unfortunate was a hitman, causing him to onslaught the bid passenger, according to reports.  (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

An lawyer assigned to correspond Ibrahim was not identified wrong jailhouse records.

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He is acceptable to look successful tribunal again connected March 27, jailhouse records show. 

The Cook County Sheriff’s Office did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment.