Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Utah Gunman was a Bosnian Muslim

From Desertnews.com:

6 minutes of horror
Shooter aimed to kill as many as he could


In just six minutes, 18-year-old Sulejman Talovic left a tragic path of destruction that forever changed the lives of dozens of people. "His intent was to shoot as many people as he possibly could," said Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank. Police released details Tuesday on Talovic's shooting rampage that left five people dead before off-duty Ogden police officer Ken Hammond and four Salt Lake City police officers killed him in "a shootout," Burbank said.

And at the bottom of the article:

Ajka Omerovic, who said she was Talovic's aunt, visited the home Tuesday afternoon. She told the Deseret Morning News that Talovic had been "a good boy." She said the family are Muslims from Bosnia who had lived in the vicinity of Sarajevo.

There has been no word of the killer's Muslim faith anywhere in the large mainstream media outlets so far.

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