Florida State Troopers block traffic over the Bayou Grande Bridge leading to the Pensacola Naval Air Station following a shooting on 6 December 2019. (AFP)
The Saudi military student who killed three people at a US naval base on Friday assailed America as a “nation of evil” prior to the attack, the SITE Intelligence Group said.
SITE, which monitors jihadist media, identified the shooter as Mohammed al-Shamrani, saying he had posted a short manifesto on Twitter that read: “I’m against evil, and America as a whole has turned into a nation of evil.”
“I’m not against you for just being American, I don’t hate you because your freedoms, I hate you because every day you supporting, funding and committing crimes not only against Muslims but also humanity,” he wrote.
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman telephoned US president Donald Trump Friday to denounce as “heinous” the shooting incident.
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The king expressed “deep sorrow” and pledged cooperation with American officials, the official Saudi Press Agency said.
“He (the king) affirmed that the perpetrator of this heinous crime does not represent the Saudi people,” it reported.
The Saudi king also “assured Trump of the kingdom’s full support to the United States, as he ordered Saudi security services to cooperate with American agencies to uncover information that will help uncover the circumstances behind this unfortunate incident,” the SPA reported.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said the shooter, who was gunned down by police, was part of the Saudi air force.
Fifteen of the 19 men involved in the 11 September 2001 attacks were Saudi nationals, some of whom attended flight school in Florida.
