Why is it even possible to “radicalize” a peaceful Muslim into believing and acting upon what every non-Muslim official in the West assumes to be a twisted, perverted, hijacked version of his faith?
“Tanzania gunman was a good boy ‘turned bad,’” Daily Monitor, August 26, 2021 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
The lone gunman who killed four people before police shot him dead in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Wednesday may have been radicalised only recently, neighbours who knew him say.
As Dar residents grapple with the incident that occurred on Ali Hassan Mwinyi Road, one of the more secure parts of the city, more details are beginning to emerge about the shooter, 29-year old Hamza Hassan Mohamed.
According to friends, he successfully managed to hide his sinister side from even those who were close to him.
In Dar, he lived with his family in Upanga, near the Fire Brigade area. Here, his neighbours, who had known him only as a small-scale miner in Mbeya, are shaken by yesterday’s events.
He lived with his mother and other family members in a flat, police sources said.
One of their neighbours describes Mohamed as a calm and hard-working person, saying they had no idea what really became of him. The whole area has been placed under tight security as police continue to comb through the home for clues.
No criminal record
On paper, nothing appears amiss. Mohamed has no past criminal record. To most in this area and those who were acquainted with him, he was known only as an industrious businessman.
But the incident has forced the police to look into his past and any known associates.
On Wednesday evening, officers could be seen questioning his close family members as they try to understand what his motives were. They also took some of his belongings, including a motorbike.
The shooter chose one of Dar’s most secure areas to carry out his heinous crime, a locale known for hosting various diplomatic missions, including the Kenya High Commission, the French, Russian and Japanese embassies, as well as regional banking corporations.
Liberatus Sabas, the Tanzanian Police commissioner of operations and training, told the media the man had killed three police officers and a private security guard and injured six more people before he was felled by police bullets in front of the French Embassy.
Moments before the bullets took him down, he could be seen punching the air and thumping his chest. Once down, police rained more bullets into his body before officers moved in to take away one of the rifles he was holding.
Mozambique connection?
While saying that the motives of the attacker are still unknown, Sabas did not rule out connections to the insurgency in Mozambique.
Tanzania’s southern neighbour has been battling terrorists calling themselves Al-Shabaab (not related to the Somalia-based militant group by the same name).
Northern Mozambique is seen as the latest haven for terror merchants from Kenya and Tanzania. If linked, it would be the first time a terrorist has brought terror to the streets of Tanzania in a long time….
Videos recorded by people in nearby buildings showed him pointing his gun at people while uttering inaudible slogans.
Mohamed wore a grey checked shirt, jungle green trousers and a white skullcap. Police shot him in front of the French Embassy gate although it was unclear initially whether he was targeting the diplomatic installation….
Michael Copeland says
This unhelpful word, “radicalised”.
Of course, we all know that the Nazis were a peaceful law-abiding people. It was only the radicalised Nazis that were the problem.
gravenimage says
+1
nicholas tesdorf says
He recently got Religion…. unfortunately the one that he got was Islam.
nicholas tesdorf says
He recently got Religion…. unfortunately the one that he got was Islam.
gravenimage says
He was already Muslim–he just got serious about it…
OLD GUY says
Muslim/islam, love and peace, seems to always lead to violence and murder. Interesting!
Why aim I always hearing that these people will bring greatness and improvement to America when we allow a few million of them to migrate here. It actually looks more like an enemy invasion than people who share my religious and political beliefs.
I could be wrong.