Saudi airman may have become radicalised before US Navy base attack

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Group: Accused quoted Osama bin Laden on social media hours before shooting spree.

A Saudi airman accused of killing three people at a US Navy base in Florida appeared to have posted criticism of US wars and quoted slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden on social media hours before the shooting spree, according to a group that tracks online extremism.

A sheriff’s deputy fatally shot the gunman, authorities said, ending the second deadly attack at a US military base within a week. Within hours, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman had called US President Donald Trump to extend his condolences and pledge his kingdom’s support in the investigation. Two US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, named the shooter as Second Lieutenant Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani.

Investigators have found no sign Alshamrani had links to international terrorist groups and think he may have radicalised on his own, theIt said the airman first entered the US last year, returned to Saudi Arabia, then re-entered the US in February, and had reported for training at the base about three days before the attack.

 

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