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Suspect to cops: I killed two roommates for disrespecting my Muslim faith | New York Post
They're recruiting from among the most unstable and violent elements of society.
We should look into who recruited and converted him to Islam.
Which Mosque? Which Imam?
What techniques were used?
Where did he get the explosive components?
Who else has been contacted by the same recruiters?
Backup Sources:
'Neo-Nazi' in Florida National Guard arrested after explosives found at Tampa Palms murder scene | Tampa Bay Times
Tampa man arrested for allegedly killing 'neo-Nazi' roommates for disrespecting his Muslim faith - ABC News
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Suspect to cops: I killed two roommates for disrespecting my Muslim faith | New York Post
Suspect to cops: I killed two roommates for disrespecting my Muslim faith
By Joshua Rhett Miller May 22, 2017 | 2:04pm
A Florida man who once had common neo-Nazi beliefs with his two roommates killed them after he converted to Islam, claiming they had disrespected his faith, police say.
Devon Arthurs, 18, of Tampa, told police he shot Jeremy Himmelman, 22, and Andrew Oneschuk, 18, on Friday at the Hamptons at Tampa Palms complex after becoming upset about widespread anti-Muslim sentiment, saying he “wanted to bring attention to the cause,” according to a police report obtained by the Tampa Bay Times.
Arthurs then briefly held an employee and customers hostage at the nearby Green Planet Smoke Shop, where he boasted that he had just killed his roommates, “blasting their head” with a semi-automatic pistol.
“Do me a favor and get the f— on the ground!” Arthurs yelled as he stormed into the store. “Why shouldn’t I kill you?”
He said he was upset that America was bombing Muslim countries, Tampa Bay police Detective Kenneth Nightlinger wrote in a police report.
Arthurs eventually freed his hostages and surrendered, making references to “Allah Mohammed” as cops took him to a patrol cruiser.
“I had to do it,” Arthurs said, according to the report. “This wouldn’t have had to happen if your country didn’t bomb my country.”
When asked if anyone else was hurt, Arthurs replied: “The people in the apartment, but they’re not hurt, they’re dead.”
Inside the Amberly Drive apartment, Himmelman and Oneschuk were found shot in the head and upper body, according to the police report.
Standing just outside the unit was another of Arthurs’ roommates, Brandon Russell, who was wearing US Army camouflage after returning to the apartment from the National Guard. Investigators searched the apartment’s garage and found an explosive known as HMTD — hexmethylene tiperoxide diamine, according to a criminal complaint filed in US District Court.
More than a pound of ammonium nitrate was also found in a package addressed to Russell,...
They're recruiting from among the most unstable and violent elements of society.
We should look into who recruited and converted him to Islam.
Which Mosque? Which Imam?
What techniques were used?
Where did he get the explosive components?
Who else has been contacted by the same recruiters?
Backup Sources:
'Neo-Nazi' in Florida National Guard arrested after explosives found at Tampa Palms murder scene | Tampa Bay Times
Tampa man arrested for allegedly killing 'neo-Nazi' roommates for disrespecting his Muslim faith - ABC News
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