[ April 23, 2024 ]
The Islamic State claimed the gunman “converted to Islam several months ago.”
“While initial reports claimed Paddock was a recent convert to Islam, Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said he had no knowledge of Paddock’s religious beliefs.” Police have taken the shooter’s companion into custody. She was living with Stephen in Mesquite. She is believed to be an Australian citizen of Indonesian heritage.[ Update: Reported as being Indonesian but now reported to be Filipino.]
At least 58 people were killed and more than 515 injured at the Route 91 country music event near the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino. Las Vegas Police Department confirmed that two off-duty police officers were among those killed. At least two on-duty officers were also injured. One was in a stable condition after surgery and another sustained minor injuries. It is the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history, with the death toll surpassing the 49 killed at a nightclub in Orlando in June 2016.
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The Islamic State’s (IS) ‘Amaq News Agency reported that the Las Vegas shooter is a “soldier” of the group and had converted to Islam months ago.
Las Vegas shooting: Isis claims responsibility for deadliest gun massacre in US history
Terrorist group calls Stephen Paddock ‘a soldier of the Islamic State’
The Independent, October 2, 2017 (thanks to mark):
Isis has claimed responsibility for the deadliest mass shooting in American history.
Police said at least 50 people were killed and 200 wounded when a gunman opened fire on dense crowds at a concert in Las Vegas.
Officials have identified the shooter as Stephen Paddock, a 64-year-old American who had multiple weapons on the 32nd floor of a nearby hotel, where he is believed to have killed himself.
A statement published by the group’s Amaq propaganda agency claimed the attacker was a “soldier of the Islamic State”.
“The Las Vegas attacker is a soldier of the Islamic State in response to calls to target coalition countries,” it said.
Isis also claimed the gunman “converted to Islam several months ago”, without providing more details.
The wording of the release is similar to other attacks that have been inspired, rather than directed, by Isis.
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74 Comments
D
6 years ago
Ban Muslim immigration.
6 years ago
Reply to
AlgorithmicAnalyst
Gunman was American born white guy convert. No immigration ban would have stopped this
6 years ago
Reply to
Reality Check
As “soldier of allah” (jihadi), if he was, he will be forgiven in islamic “heaven” (hell).
6 years ago
Reply to
Voytek Gagalka
Nope, can’t be a “martyr” if he shoots himself. More like a suicidal angry old white guy.
6 years ago
Reply to
Reality Check
Really muslum? To kill and be killed in the way of jihad is the ONLY surefire way to get into allah’s heavenly whorehouse.
6 years ago
Reply to
Reality Check
Because he shot himself doesn’t mean he was not a convert, or that he was. Best check your own use of logic, particularly syllogisms, before you rag on others about ‘reality’, troll. Makes you easy to identify.
6 years ago
Reply to
Reality Check
Who knows what the truth is anymore? I sure as hell don’t believe you.
6 years ago
Reply to
AlgorithmicAnalyst
mayority of muslims are peaceful. there are just a few bad apples. Islam belongs in usa now
6 years ago
And Obunghole, Killary and Fuckerberg protects these Muzzy bastards!
6 years ago
Well then, ISIS would never lie about such things.
LOL keep grasping at straws and peddling fake news. You’re no different from Muslims who deny that the 9/11 attacks were Islamic terrorism.
6 years ago
Do you still think that the Quebec City mosque shooter and Trump supporter Alexandre Bissonnette was a Muslim?
6 years ago
Reply to
Reality Check
When you resort to deflection you’ve lost the argument. Congrats loser.
D
6 years ago
just ban islam, denied as a religion, treat it like communism and apply the law.
6 years ago
All speculation so far. You are making yourself look really bad by posting stuff like this without any proof.
6 years ago
Reply to
eimb1999
They are reporting the facts of what ISIS claimed, not that it’s true. Learn to read for comprehension.
6 years ago
Reply to
HT
Tell that to all the moron commenters who accept it as true, which was of course Pamela’s goal.
6 years ago
Reply to
Reality Check
Sorry, troll, your handle completely gives you away. NO ONE calls themselves “Reality Check” unless they’re pushing a distorted view of reality.
6 years ago
Reply to
JPL17
Yeah, that and the fact that he isn’t very astute when it comes to basic logic in spite of his handle.
6 years ago
ISIS also falsely claimed credit for the Manila casino attack that turned out to be a botched robbery.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/02/asia/manila-philippines-resort-world-isis/index.html
6 years ago
Reply to
Reality Check
They just like taking credit for any massacre for the fear factor.
D
6 years ago
its islam, attack of music festival, terrorist are sure not to kill good muslims because music is forbidden in islam.
ban islan and declare it as politic not religious then chase and deport people that doesnt want to leave this totalitarism and destroy qoran book like chinese do.
6 years ago
Stephen couldn’t get his virgins on earth and did what he thinks will secure him a place in syurga plus 72 virgins no less.
6 years ago
No matter the truth. By tonight, Trump will be responsible and a member of “an extremist group”.
If you don’t believe me, ask CNN and MSNBC. They’ll be happy to tell you all about their “reliable and un-named sources”.
Bet on it!.
6 years ago
Reply to
Reality Check
No matter if what the I.S. claims is true, “convert” or some crazy old man: they are happy that it happened and that kuffar country is disintegrating “by its own hands.”
6 years ago
That was my first thought.. then, I thought how the Media and Washington provoke hate and violence by slandering and libeling the 63 MILLION Trump voters. Paddock could be doing his part for either Allah or Antifa.
They’re all the same in their totalitarian natures and the ways in which they oppress people, force conversion, and worship death.
6 years ago
Come on, how much do you want to bet on the ISIS claims? Put your money where your mouth is.
Well here’s a reality check for you. The gunman SHOT HIMSELF. When have Muslim terrorists ever shot themselves?
6 years ago
Reply to
SouthernChick15
Right, in order to kill the enemy, not just to kill themselves. If they’re armed, they don’t just shoot themselves, they try to get “martyred” by the police.
6 years ago
Reply to
Reality Check
they “shooting themselves” by BLOWING themselves. Once the task is accomplished, once the kuffar are punished, they are excused of any wrongdoing (like committing suicide) according to their creed.
6 years ago
Reply to
Voytek Gagalka
You shouldn’t point out the many flaws in ‘reality check’ thinking process, or lack thereof. Cruelty to trolls, tsk, tsk.
6 years ago
Gee, girlfriend from Indonesia? Why does that ring a bell?
Oh, that’s right, according to Indonesia’s 2010 census, 87.2% of Indonesians identified themselves as Muslim, nearly all of them Sunnis … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Indonesia
6 years ago
Reply to
Reality Check
I’m just going by the article quoted above (“She is believed to be an Australian citizen of Indonesian heritage”). What are you going by?
6 years ago
Reply to
JPL17
I see, this is more reliable, but still, “may be of Indonesian descent.” Her name, photos, occupation, suggests she’s not a religious Muslim. Her friend wished her Merry Christmas on Facebook.
http://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/las-vegas-police-hunt-for-missing-woman-following-mass-shooting/news-story/6a6a3188d1cd03618f1be1ecc60e1fdf
6 years ago
Reply to
JPL17
I was going by this, “She moved to the United States 20 years ago, according to one of her former neighbors who said she is originally from the Philippines, The Herald Sun reported.”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4940594/Gunman-companion-Marilou-Danley-detained.html
6 years ago
If Zuckerberg would turn his attention from silencing conservatives on FB and start banning and blocking Antifa and ISIS groups, it could stop simple minds from being infected! That goes for Google and other Internet providers. This is war!
6 years ago
Well, Indonesian is an islamo hellhole.
6 years ago
I bet that some circles of “politicians” are working hard on another control: GUN CONTROL. He was “crazy,” they say, we must do something about guns!
6 years ago
Reply to
billdeserthills
Still a lot of innocents got done in Vegas though, only one bad guy and that was suicide so it don’t count apparently (when debating gun deaths in the US).
6 years ago
Reply to
God's dad
A lot? 480,000 died last year in the US from tobacco related bs,
I’m not seeing a lot of anything past that
6 years ago
Reply to
God's dad
It also preceded the big rush to re-populate your country with muslum scum,
but I bet you don’t mind that at all
6 years ago
Reply to
God's dad
You are prolly right, but no real American will sell guns to a muslum
I’m sure the majority of muslum guns are in their mosques–Prolly a whole
bunch of weapons in there
6 years ago
It is so tempting to be certain that it was allah driven but in reality as he is dead we will NEVER know. If he was truly a cryptoconvert, the authorities and the MSM will hide it like they did the details of the German pilot when they refused to release his black box allahu akbars. They are TOO gutless to tell the truth.
6 years ago
police called this a white lone gunman… i suspect this is propaganda and more likely an isis
6 years ago
His Live-In Girlfriend was an Australian Citizen of Indonesian Descent. Indonesian = Muslim, perhaps..?
6 years ago
FBI says there’s no connection with ISIS. A U.S. official says Paddock had a history of psychological problems.
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/10/02/fbi-no-connection-found-between-las-vegas-shooter-and-islamic-state/23229760/
6 years ago
Reply to
billdeserthills
Not Trump’s lies, but I believe the FBI over ISIS, how about you?
6 years ago
Reply to
Reality Check
Yeah sure muslum, and muhamMUD really flew to the Temple Mount from Soddy Barbaria on a flying donkey w/the head of a woman.
I’ll bet when you’re in mosque you’ll be yelling allahu ackbar along w/all the rest in gleeful celebration won’t you?
6 years ago
Reply to
Reality Check
Sorry altered reality, but I no longer believe anything my gov’t tells me
6 years ago
update…. this is NOT a lone wolf gunman… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKMXOxuDtD4
6 years ago
So who should we believe? The F-I_B who tells us islum is a religion of peace?
6 years ago
What is really fascinating is the FBI double standard on proof of guilt.
If Putin took credit for Trump’s election would the FBI immediately discredit the claim by demanding proof?
Yet when ISIS takes credit for a mass murder the FBI rejects it off the bat because there is no proof.
6 years ago
I think it’s true. No other reason for his actions.
Buck — Christian — 100% disabled Vietnam veteran ??⚔??. Right wing republican lifetime member of the NRA and friend to Israel
