Neville, 49, was said to be within a few millimeters away from being stabbed to death on Wednesday when Amor M. Ftouhi, a 49-year-old Tunisian national with dual citizenship in Canada, repeatedly struck him with a 12-inch knife, narrowly missing a main blood vessel to the brain.
Doctors say he is expected to fully recover from his wounds.
Ftouhi remains in federal custody on a charge of violence at an international airport, a 20-year felony. He is due to return to court in Flint on Wednesday for a detention hearing,
Detroit News
reports.