A Saudi Arabian student was charged on Friday, Dec. 13, for illegal possession of a handgun. He was to graduate from the University of New Mexico the next day. His parents were to be in attendance, having flown in from Saudi Arabia.
Engineering student Hassan Alquahtan, 28, was charged with illegal possession of a firearm as a student visa holder. Authorities found a .380-caliber Cobra handgun at his Albuquerque home after serving a search warrant a day before his graduation. He also had a hit list of people he wanted to kill, according to AlbuquerqueJournal.
