Sunday, March 6, 2011

A video on the Internet led the attack against U.S. troops

Frankfurt - The young Islamist who on Wednesday killed two American soldiers and wounded two others in a shooting at the Frankfurt International Airport, acted alone, motivated by a video on the Internet, reported the German general prosecutor, Rainer Griesbaum. Arid against Uka, Montenegro and Serbia from InGermany resident since 1991, issued an arrest warrant on Thursday night, said the same.

The 21 years will be charged with serious injury, attempted murder deasesinato and double. Until Wednesday, German police had not registered as a dangerous Islamist. But after the initial investigations, the prosecution found queel attack "had an Islamic background." Not surprisingly, before attacking their victims, the assailant repeatedly shouted 'Allah Akbar' (God esgrande).

"Confessed the attacker was a video about alleged atrocities committed by U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, which prompted him to commit the murders. "The young man wanted to kill U.S. soldiers explicitly," said Griesbaum in the press conference in Karlsruhe, the seat of the German Federal Prosecutor.

The killed and wounded belonged to the military police of the Air Force and traveled by bus from Airport Terminal 2 to the Ramstein military base back to Afghanistan with or Iraq. They had arrived at Frankfurt airport on a scheduled flight from London. In the video posted on the Internet appeared several U.S.

soldiers looting a house and raping a girl in Afghanistan. The assailant confessed that after seeing the pictures, could not sleep all night and decided to do something to prevent repeated again. The young man also accused soldiers rudely talk on the Afghan people. Griesbaum stressed that Uka statements demonstrate the powerful effect it can have the Islamist propaganda on the net, especially in young radical.

Therefore, he called to intensify the fight against such messages on the Internet. The gunman bought the gun for months without a specific purpose and did not decide to use it to watch the video. Only one flaw in the gun, which loads locked prevented greater carnage, confirmed Griesbaum.

German prosecutor stressed that currently there is no indication that the boy belongs to a terrorist organization and all indications are that ctuó on their own.

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