Saturday, December 7, 2019

Pensacola Naval Base Shooting -- News Roundup December 7, 2019



Daily Mail: FBI hunt for missing Saudi servicemen as it's revealed Pensacola Naval base killer hosted dinner party to watch mass shooting videos and visited New York to see Rockefeller Christmas tree lights turned on just two days before

* Saudi military student Mohammed Saeed al-Shamrani, 21, killed three people and injured 12 when he opened fire at Navy Station Pensacola on Friday
* Another Saudi student allegedly videotaped the attack, while two others watched from a nearby car
* Authorities have now detained 10 Saudi students for questioning, a number revised up from six yesterday evening
* However, the FBI is still searching for 'several' other Saudis students who have not been seen since the attack
* al-Shamrani hosted a dinner party on Thursday evening with three other Saudi students where they watched videos of mass shootings
* He and fellow Saudi students also traveled to NYC in the days before the attack
* Investigators are now trying to work out their motives for the trip to the city

The FBI is reportedly hunting for several Saudi students from Navy Station Pensacola, after they vanished in the wake of Friday's mass shooting at the base.

Fellow Saudi Mohammed Saeed al-Shamrani, 21, killed three and wounded 12 others in the attack before he was shot dead by police.

According to AP, investigators have now detained 10 Saudi military students from the base - a number revised up from six - but several others remain unaccounted for.

Authorities have not revealed the number of Saudi students they are still looking for, and it's unclear why they have not come forward to police.

It follows chilling new details emerging in the wake of Friday morning's shooting, including news that three Saudi serviceman joined al-Shamrani for a dinner party the night before the attack where they watched videos of mass shootings.

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WNU Editor: US Defense Secretary Esper is not ready to say that this was a terrorist attack .... US defense secretary can't label US base attack 'terrorism' at this point (The Hill). Hmmmm .... this looks like a deliberate terror attack.

Update: Really?!?!?!? You can start with the vetting process .... No Plans to Change Foreign Military Training After Pensacola Shooting, Top Generals Say (Military.com).

Update #2: This is what they always say after a major incident in a military base .... Navy, Pentagon to Review Base Security Following 3 Deadly Incidents in a Week (Military.com).

Pensacola Naval Base Shooting -- News Roundup December 7, 2019

Official: Base shooter watched shooting videos before attack -- AP
Pensacola attack: Gunman 'played mass-shooting videos at dinner' -- BBC
Saudi suspect in base attack hosted dinner party to watch mass shooting videos: report -- The Hill
Florida naval base shooting: Saudi student assailed US as 'nation of evil' -- France 24
Naval Air Station shooter wrote anti-American and anti-Israeli tweets before rampage: report -- FOX News
Saudi airman may have become radicalized before U.S. Navy base attack -- Reuters
Officials Continue Investigating Gunman’s Motive in Navy Base Attack -- The New York Times
Saudi king orders compliance with US probe on Navy base shooting incident -- Jerusalem Post/Reuters
Pensacola shooting: Saudi king condemns 'barbaric' attack -- BBC
Pensacola naval base shooting tests US-Saudi relations -- AP
Hero Naval Academy grad shot 5 times at Naval Air Station relayed crucial information before succumbing to injuries -- FOX News
First Pensacola shooting victim is identified as Naval ensign, 23, whose brother says 'died a hero' and 'saved countless live' by crawling to alert police after being shot multiple times -- Daily Mail

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Many conservatives opine that the US political system is not much better than Europe's. They say we a just 20 years or one generation behind it. They do not say this with the glee of "I told you so.", but as an observation based on experience.

How far is Canada behind the US or Europe in problems brought by Muslim immigrants?

Ikar Mao ring a bell?

Some Canadians are so oblivious that they apologize because a 16 year old Muslim jihadi threw a grenade and not an 18 year old.

The grenade behaves differently depending on the age of the person throwing it you see.