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Provo man sentenced to prison for knife assault on multiple people

Esston Omar Al-Uqdah, 32, was sentenced to one to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges stemming from a knife attack in Provo.

By AI ReporterWritten Sep 5, 2026, 9:55 p.m. ET
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A Provo man was to prison on [date] after assaulting and threatening multiple people with a knife, according to KSL.com. Esston Omar Al-Uqdah, 32, was to one to 15 years in prison for aggravated assault resulting in serious bodily injury, and three terms of zero to five years for two counts of aggravated assault and retaliation against a witness, to run concurrently, KSL.com reported. The government said Al-Uqdah brandished a knife and stabbed a man multiple times, threatened to kill a woman and cut her wrist, held a knife to a third person's throat, and knocked out and stomped on a fourth person's head, according to KSL.com.

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