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| Stockholm attack suspect tried to join IS in Syria |
| 2017-04-13 |
| [IsraelTimes] Rakhmat Akilov reportedly influenced by fellow Central Asians, received order from ISIS to carry out truck-ramming. The Uzbek national suspected of mowing down pedestrians in Stockholm last week had tried to join the ranks of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... jihadist group in Syria, an Uzbek source told Russian agencies. The 39-year-old suspect, Rakhmat Akilov, "fell under the influence of emissaries of the Tajik cell of the Islamic State, making attempts to take part in combat in Syria on the side of the fighters," an unnamed law enforcement source in the Central Asian state said. According to the source, Akilov attempted to cross ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... ’s border with Syria in 2015 but was detained. "Given his refugee status he was deported back to Sweden," the source said. The source added that Uzbek authorities had added Akilov to an international wanted list in late February after a criminal case on "religious extremism" was opened against him. Akilov on Tuesday confessed to a "terrorist crime" for the truck attack that killed four people and injured 15 others on Friday, his lawyer said. He had reportedly said he had received an "order" directly from IS to carry out the attack, according to Swedish media reports. |
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| #1 Even ISIS won't take everyone? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-04-13 10:05 |