In a bar in Austin, Texasa shooting that left 3 muertos y 14 injuredthe attacker was dejected.
It is Sunday March 1 at 2 in the morning there was a shooting at the bar Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden located in the center of Austin, capital of the state of Texas, United States.
Lisa DavisAustin police chief, told the media that the subject shot from a car at the bar’s customers and then parked the vehicle and went out with a rifle to open fire on people passing by the area.
The police arrived at the scene and three officers neutralized the alleged shooter.
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Suspect identified in Austin shooting
The gunman allegedly expressed “pro-Iranian regime sentiments” on social media, the US said on Sunday. Intelligence Group SITE.
The organization, which monitors jihadist groups, identified the attacker, shot dead by the police, as God DiagneAmerican citizen of Senegalese origin.
Furthermore, the representative Chip Roy, Republican member of the United States House of Representativesposted on X a photograph of the alleged gunman holding a rifle and wearing a sweatshirt that says “Property of Allah“.
SITE said Diagne had expressed “pro-Iranian regime sentiments and hatred toward Israeli and American leadership” in publications of Facebook that date from 2017 and had posted a photo of himself holding what appears to be an assault rifle.
The special agent of the FBIAlex Doransaid Sunday that the motive for the attack was not known, but “there were indicators on the subject and in his vehicle that indicate a possible link to terrorism.”
“At this point we are prepared to say it was potentially an act of terrorism,” Doran said at a news conference.
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‘Texas will respond with decisive and overwhelming force
The shooting occurred amid tensions in Middle East where USA e Israel They carried out an armed operation against Iran.
About the attack in Austin, Greg Abbott, governor of Texas, indicated that he strengthened security at energy facilities, ports and along the border between the United States and Mexico.
“To anyone who thinks about using the current conflict in the Middle East to threaten Texans or our critical infrastructure, understand this clearly: Texas will respond with decisive and overwhelming force to protect our state,” Abbott said in a statement.
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