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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAfter New Zealand massacre, US authorities search for copycats and links to America
By MIKE LEVINE Mar 15, 2019, 1:23 PM ET
U.S. authorities and international partners were scrubbing their databases on Friday to determine whether the man now in custody in New Zealand for allegedly launching the deadliest mass shooting in New Zealand's history has any links to their own countries.
Police in New Zealand say the alleged gunman, described as being in his late 20s, opened fire inside a mosque in Christchurch and that a shooting at a different mosque killed a total of at least 49 worshipers gathered for Friday prayers. Authorities say a lengthy online document, posted after the shooting and linked to the alleged gunman's video of the shooting, praised other mass shooters, advocated white supremacy and detailed hatred for immigrants.
In the document, the author said he wanted to create a Second Amendment-inspired civil war inside the United States that would further divide Americans along racial and political lines.
So far, however, American authorities have not found any evidence that the alleged gunman traveled to the United States in recent years if at all according to sources familiar with the matter.
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After New Zealand massacre, US authorities search for copycats and links to America (Original Post)
DonViejo
Mar 2019
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C_U_L8R
(44,897 posts)1. Links to America???!!
Try looking at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
11cents
(1,777 posts)3. He wouldn't have to travel to America to have links here.
There's this new-fangled thing called the internet.
Nevilledog
(50,687 posts)4. The usage of the word scrubbing is wrong IMHO
Scrubbing means deleting or getting rid of something.
JHB
(37,132 posts)6. Yes, "scouring" is the word they were looking for...
...and missed entirely.
JHB
(37,132 posts)5. Found a link: