Monday, July 4, 2016

Dramatic moment man is tackled to the ground in an Iowa bar after standing on a table and yelling 'Allah is the only one true god' - as panicked patrons run for their lives . Honors to the staff and midwestern fortitude.

Dramatic moment man is tackled to the ground in an Iowa bar after standing on a table and yelling 'Allah is the only one true god' - as panicked patrons run for their lives

Ralmanzow Bell was arrested at Horsewood's Restaurant in Caldwell
Patrons fled as he yelled, leaving behind purses and cell phone at tables
Staff immediately got Bell down from the bar and tackled him to ground
A bartender ran with his backpack and threw it in an alley, fearing a bomb
Police only found alcohol inside and charged him with disorderly conduct

By ANNETA KONSTANTINIDES FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 13:30 EST, 3 July 2016 | UPDATED: 06:14 EST, 4 July 2016

Ralmanzow Bell, 21, was arrested after he drunkenly stood up on a bar in an Iowa restaurant and declared: 'Allah is the only one true god'

A 21-year-old man caused panic at an Iowa restaurant when he jumped up on the bar, yelled at everyone to be quiet and then yelled: 'Allah is the only one true god'.

Patrons at the Horsewood's Restaurant in Caldwell immediately fled the room on Friday night, running through every door as they left their purses on the chairs and cell phones on the table.

They thought there might be a bomb in his backpack. There were rumors he had a gun.

But Ralmanzow Bell wasn't declaring a terrorist attack. He was merely drunk, said authorities.

Police were on the scene within two minutes, but the bartenders already had Bell under control.

Christopher Ozuna ripped Bell's backpack off and immediately began to run.

'All this is going on real fast and I'm just trying to get him away,' Ozuna told KTVB.

Ozuna ran into a nearby alley with the backpack, scared something might be inside.

'Everybody is telling me throw the bag, don't carry it,' he told KIVI.

'But, you know, I'm trying to get it as far away as I possibly can. You know, better me than a hundred people.'

Staff members tackled Bell to the ground and held him until police arrived.

'Instincts kicked in that this may be a terrorism attack,' owner Aaron Horsewood told KTVB. 'Whether it was legitimate or not, that's how you view it at the moment.'

Bell's proclamation, and the fact that he was wearing a backpack, immediately spread panic across Horsewood's Restaurant in Caldwell

Patrons immediately fled the room on Friday night, running through every door as they left their purses on the chairs and cell phones on the table as staff worked to get Bell down

Authorities at the scene determined there was no real threat, finding no gun and only a bottle of alcohol inside Bell's backpack.

'That's what panicked people,' Lt Joey Houdley said of the bag.

'Not necessarily what he was saying - that maybe contributed to it - but that, along with the backpack, and then people saying he had a gun. It startled people.'.

Houdley said he was not surprised people felt threatened at the time.

'If I was in there eating with my family and something like that happened I would definitely feel threatened,' he said. 'But there is no threat to the community.'

Bell was examined at a nearby hospital for intoxication before he was booked into Canyon County jail.

He has been charged with disorderly conduct. Houdley said Bell, who has an extensive history with police, was 'shocked' by his own actions when he sobered up.

Authorities have since forwarded information about Bell's case to the FBI.

Police were on the scene within two minutes, but the bartenders already had Bell under control

Christopher Ozuna ripped Bell's backpack off and immediately began to run so he could throw it into a nearby alley and away from the restaurant

Monday, July 4, 2016