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Pensacola naval base shooting: suspected gunman Mohammed al-Shamrani condemned US as ‘national of evil’

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The shooting took place in a classroom building at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida. Photo: dpa
Agence France-Presse

A Saudi military student reportedly condemned America as a “nation of evil” in an online manifesto prior to opening fire on Friday at a US naval base, killing three people before being shot dead by police.

The shooting, which took place in a classroom building at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida, left eight others wounded, including two sheriff’s deputies who responded to the attack.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said the shooter was from Saudi Arabia – the same nationality as 15 of the 19 men involved in the 9/11 attacks, some of whom attended civilian flight school in Florida.
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The SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadist media, identified him as Mohammed al-Shamrani, saying he had posted a short manifesto on Twitter that read: “I’m against evil, and America as a whole has turned into a nation of evil.

The USS John F Kennedy is seen arriving at the US Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida, where a shooting incident took place on Friday. Photo: AFP
The USS John F Kennedy is seen arriving at the US Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida, where a shooting incident took place on Friday. Photo: AFP
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“I’m not against you for just being American, I don’t hate you because your freedoms, I hate you because every day you supporting, funding and committing crimes not only against Muslims but also humanity,” he wrote.
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