From the News & Observer:

Mohammed Taheri-Azar pleaded guilty this morning to nine counts of attempted first-degree murder charges stemming from a March 2006 incident in which he drove a rented SUV into a crowd of people on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. As part of a plea bargain, … Teheri-Azar will be sentenced for two counts of attempted first-degree murder on Aug. 25. Each count carries a maximum of 40 years in prison.