The suspects, widely named as Cain Clark, 17, and Caleb Vazquez, 18, first met online, the FBI said. Two teenagers suspected of killing killed three people at a San Diego mosque reportedly livestreamed their deadly attack and published a 75-page white supremacist document online, before killing themselves. The pair, widely named as Cain Clark and Caleb Vazquez, first met online, the FBI said, where they were radicalized and shared extreme ideology. Their 75-page writings, seen by the Associated Press and CNN, detail hateful rhetoric toward Jewish people, Muslims, Black people, the LGBTQ community, women, and both the political left and right. According to the New York Times, the attackers shared a video that showed them dressed in camouflage gear with a white supremacist symbol as they approached the mosque. (…) During searches conducted after the attack, authorities seized at least 30 guns and a crossbow, including pistols, rifles and shotguns, Remily said. The guns appear to have belonged to the parents of one of the suspects, Wahl said. Authorities also found what they described as a manifesto and other hateful messages in their searches of the suspects’ possessions and electronic devices, although they haven’t found evidence that the mosque was a specific target. Remily added that authorities are not sharing specifics about the suspects’ beliefs because they don’t want to “give their hate any credibility.”
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siehe auch:Online radicalization and Nazi symbols: What’s known about the suspects in the attack on a mosque in San Diego Authorities are investigating the case as a hate crime. According to the New York Post, racial inscriptions were found on the suspects’ guns. California authorities identified the main suspects in the shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego. As reported by the New York Post, citing judicial sources, they are Cain Clark (17) and Caleb Velasquez (18), who subsequently took their own lives inside a car. Authorities are investigating the case as a hate crime. The shooting at the mosque took place on Monday, May 18. So far, there are three reported dead linked to the Islamic center, a security guard named Amin Abdullah, whom different testimonies describe as someone who helped evacuate people and possibly prevented an even bigger massacre. (…) “The San Diego mosque shooters were ‘radicalized online,’ cops say — as it’s revealed they wore Nazi symbols and etched racist statements on their gear as they opened fire outside an Islamic Center, killing three people in the process,” the NYP noted. “Also seen on the handgun of one of the shooters is the statement, ‘race war now,’ right above a swastika. Neo-nazis and white nationalists are known for promoting race wars to overthrow the government or create a white ethnostate,” they added. In addition, authorities reportedly recovered more than 30 firearms and a crossbow linked to the suspects; San Diego mosque shooters were ‘radicalized online,’ wore Nazi symbols, inscribed vile 3-word message on guns. The San Diego mosque shooters were “radicalized online,” cops say — as it’s revealed they wore Nazi symbols and etched racist statements on their gear as they opened fire outside an Islamic Center, killing three people in the process. The two teens “did not discriminate on who they hated,” law enforcement officials said in a press conference Tuesday, adding they had recovered over 30 guns and a crossbow in connection to the suspects. A livestream video of the horrific attack, currently being probed by the FBI, shows Cain Clark with a Black Sun symbol, which is associated with Nazi Germany, square on his chest. Nazi SS commander Heinrich Himmler had the symbol inlaid into the floor of the Wewelsburg castle. Another symbol associated with a small online neo-Nazi group, the Atomwaffen Division, can also be seen on one of the shooters’ shoulders. Atomwaffen is the German phrase for “atomic weapons.” It’s unclear if the two teenagers claimed membership to the group. Also seen on the handgun of one of the shooters is the statement, “race war now,” right above a swastika. Neo-nazis and white nationalists are known for promoting race wars to overthrow the government or create a white ethnostate.