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Fears for wider terror plot after mass shooting suspect filmed Saudi airman opening fire at Pensacola Navy base

  • Three additional suspects also allegedly watched videos of mass shootings at a dinner party hosted by the alleged gunman days earlier

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An aerial view of the USS John F Kennedy arriving for a port visit at Naval Air Station Pensacola. Photo: Handout via EPA-EFE
Tribune News Service
A Saudi suspect videotaped the scene and two others watched from a nearby car as a fellow airman carried out a mass shooting that killed three American service members at a Navy base in Florida, a federal official reportedly said Saturday.

The three additional suspects also allegedly watched videos of mass shootings at a dinner party hosted by the alleged gunman days earlier, signalling a possible wider terror plot involving Saudis training on the base in Pensacola.

The Saudis are being questioned by authorities after the rampage along with nearly a dozen countrymen, The Associated Press reported, quoting an official who had been briefed by authorities.

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Several other Saudi trainees were unaccounted for on Saturday, a day after a shooter identified as Saudi Second Lt. Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani opened fire in a classroom at the base Friday morning, killing three people.

Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital. Photo: AFP
Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital. Photo: AFP
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The FBI was examining social media posts and investigating whether he acted alone or was connected to any broader group.

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