Last year Yonathan Melaku drove through Washington DC shooting at other cars and buildings, thankfully n. obody was killed. The Washington Post reports that:
As the Washington Post reports 'A video found after Melaku’s arrest showed him wearing a black mask and shooting a 9mm handgun out of his Acura’s passenger window as he drove along Interstate 95, shouting “Allahu Akbar!”'
Shouting "Allahu Akbar" as he shoots out of his car window; no I cannot see a motive there either... Here are some more examples of places where the cry of "Allahu Akbar" has been inexplicably heard: here, here, here and here .
'It was all part of a solitary campaign of “fear and terror,” federal prosecutors said. But authorities and Melaku’s defense attorney said no one knows for sure what led Melaku — a naturalized U.S. citizen from Ethiopia, local high school graduate and former Marine Corps Reservist — down that path or what message he was trying to send.UYes his motives are utterly inexplicable; unless you watch the self shot video taken the night he went shooting...
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Gregory English, Melaku’s defense lawyer, said after the hearing that Melaku’s family is of the Coptic Christian faith and that they were stunned to learn of his involvement in the crimes and the references to Islamic jihad. English said the shootings were out of character for Melaku, and he wonders whether his client suffers from a psychological problem, which he has asked the court to evaluate.
English said Melaku thought that by shooting at the buildings he did, late at night, no one would get hurt. English said the video was intended for YouTube.
“As bad as it is, this is someone who essentially broke windows,” English said. “It’s vandalism. He has no link to terrorism. . . . He had a message, but I don’t understand what that message was supposed to be.”'
As the Washington Post reports 'A video found after Melaku’s arrest showed him wearing a black mask and shooting a 9mm handgun out of his Acura’s passenger window as he drove along Interstate 95, shouting “Allahu Akbar!”'
Shouting "Allahu Akbar" as he shoots out of his car window; no I cannot see a motive there either... Here are some more examples of places where the cry of "Allahu Akbar" has been inexplicably heard: here, here, here and here .
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