“He said he had watched beheadings by the Islamic State group online but considered such terrorist actions wrong. Asked if ISIS had inspired the mall killings, Cetin responded, ‘I can’t answer that,’ police wrote.” Odd answer. Islamic State jihadis usually are proud to broadcast their allegiance: recall the Pulse Nightclub jihad mass murderer Omar Mateen […]
Robert Spencer in FrontPage: Washington State Mall Shooter May Not Be a Jihad Terrorist
He could be something even worse. My latest in FrontPage: The evidence is scant that Arcan Cetin, a Muslim migrant from Turkey, murdered five people in Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington last Friday night in the name of jihad and Islam, but the evidence that does exist is striking. Amid his busy online activity, Cetin […]
Despite mall shooter’s “SubhanAllah” post and admiration for ISIS caliph, police search for motive
He had a history of violence and sexual abuse of women — almost as if he grew up in a culture that revered violence and thought of non-Muslim women as “uncovered meat.” He posted admiration for al-Baghdadi and Khamenei and a call for Muslims to repeat “SubhanAllah” multiple times. Maybe he wasn’t a jihadi and […]
Washington state mall shooter: “Say SubhanAllah [Glory to Allah] 10x”
This is a possible indication of his motive, as is the link to the site praising al-Baghdadi and Khamenei, but authorities will no doubt keep looking for old girlfriends of this “Hispanic” from Adana, Turkey. “Arcan Cetin: Did Cascade Mall Suspect Support Hillary Clinton & ISIS?,” by Jessica McBride, Heavy, September 25, 2016: Was Arcan […]
Washington state: Turkish Muslim, Arcan Cetin, arrested for murder of five people inside Cascade Mall
The initial reports about this killer said he was “Hispanic.” From the photos of him that were released, that always seemed to be more politically correct wishful thinking than reality. There is a Facebook page for an Arcan Cetin who lives in Oak Harbor, Washington, where the shooter was apprehended. It says that he is […]