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Postby elfismiles » Mon Jul 25, 2016 12:24 pm

Monday, July 25, 2016
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Germany again! What is the central problem? One event appears to be triggering others - it is the copycat effect on steroids.
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Postby divideandconquer » Mon Jul 25, 2016 1:12 pm

Supposedly, some people in high places--I forget who-- predicted 2016 "summer of chaos" and/or "year of terror". Well, it seems as if they may have had some inside information because if these are truly random events, how could they possibly know...

In 2014, Mother Jones reported Rate of Mass Shootings Has Tripled Since 2011, Harvard Research Shows. Wonder what the increase will show for 2016.
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Re: Spree-Killings Master Thread

Postby elfismiles » Mon Jul 25, 2016 4:12 pm

divideandconquer » 25 Jul 2016 17:12 wrote:Supposedly, some people in high places--I forget who-- predicted 2016 "summer of chaos" and/or "year of terror". Well, it seems as if they may have had some inside information because if these are truly random events, how could they possibly know...

In 2014, Mother Jones reported Rate of Mass Shootings Has Tripled Since 2011, Harvard Research Shows. Wonder what the increase will show for 2016.


Well, I think people who study these events can certainly make some basic predictions.

Setting aside direct-MK / MIHOP amok-shooter events, it seems fairly easy to predict that the copycat effect WILL create more copycats, and if you know the Twilight Language anniversary dates you can hone in on danger-zone time-periods. And if the copycat effect's tenets that inappropriate and sensationalistic journalism feeds the feedback loop, well then, if that doesn't change for the better, "there will be MORE blood."
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Re: Spree-Killings Master Thread

Postby SonicG » Mon Jul 25, 2016 8:57 pm

Tragic. Biggest post-war mass-murder in Japan

Man arrested after killing 15 and wounding 45 in knife attack at Kanagawa care facility

A 26-year-old man was arrested Tuesday morning after fatally stabbing 15 people and wounding 45 others at a facility for people with disabilities in Kanagawa Prefecture, NHK reported.

The knife-wielding man carried out the attack at Tsukui Yamayuri-en, a facility for the disabled in Sagamihara, shortly after 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, local police were quoted as saying.

Kanagawa police said they arrested a man identified as Satoshi Uematsu, 26, when he turned himself in at the Tsukui Police Station at around 3 a.m. and owned up to the attack. He is reportedly being held on initial suspicion of attempted murder. The suspect said he used to work at the facility, the police said.

The number of casualties could rise, as Kyodo News reported 19 people were confirmed as having no signs of life, quoting local firefighters.

Other media reports said at least 15 were killed and four others are showing no signs of life, while 24 others were wounded, including 20 in serious condition.

The motive for the attack was not immediately known, but the suspect has told police, “It would be better if disabled people disappeared,” according to the Asahi Shimbun.

A neighbor of the facility, in a mountain valley area south of Mount Takao, told NHK that a man with blond hair and wearing black clothes was held by police.

The facility provides accommodations and day-care services for people with disabilities, and has a swimming pool, gym and medical clinic.

The early morning attack is one of the worst single-perpetrator mass murders in postwar Japan.

In 2001, a man entered an elementary school in the city of Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, stabbed eight children to death and wounded 15 other people. In 2008, a man rammed a truck into a street crowd in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, running people over and then going on a stabbing spree. The indiscriminate attack killed seven and injured 10.

And in 2010, a man set an adult video-viewing shop on fire in the Nanba district in the city of Osaka, killing 16.
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Re: Spree-Killings Master Thread

Postby elfismiles » Tue Jul 26, 2016 9:17 am

Oh my god... the world has truly gone insane.

Normandy: 3 Dead in Church Hostage Incident
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Sagamihara Knife Attack Leaves 20 Dead
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SonicG » 26 Jul 2016 00:57 wrote:Tragic. Biggest post-war mass-murder in Japan

Man arrested after killing 15 and wounding 45 in knife attack at Kanagawa care facility
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Re: Spree-Killings Master Thread

Postby elfismiles » Thu Aug 04, 2016 11:03 am

Wednesday, August 03, 2016
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Re: Spree-Killings Master Thread

Postby elfismiles » Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:26 pm

Author John Grisham
Country United States
Language English
Genre Legal thriller novel
Publisher Doubleday
Publication date 2003

Plot

Clay Carter is a poorly paid public defender who dreams of joining a large law firm. One day he reluctantly takes on the case of Tequila Watson, a man accused of a random street killing. Watson insists that he somehow wasn't in control of his body when he pulled the trigger, a story which Clay tries to dismiss, but can't get out of his mind. A short while later, unexpectedly, a mysterious man named Max Pace contacts him, asking him to arrange a series of large pay-offs to victims of a drug named Tarvan. As it turns out, Watson and other recovering drug addicts were experimented on illegally by an unnamed pharmaceutical company, and in 10% of the cases, Tarvan led the test subjects to commit random and senseless killings, which the pharmaceutical company wishes to pay to cover up.

Having earned a large amount of money from this task, Clay establishes his own law firm special-izing in torts, hiring several of his colleagues. He continues to work with Max Pace, who provides him with insider information concerning other defective drugs, Dyloft and Maxatil, allowing him to mount class-action law-suits and profit further. Before long, Clay has become one of the top 10 highest paid lawyers in the country, with a net-worth in the low hundreds of millions. As time goes on, however, Clay becomes reckless and is subject to investigations for various crimes, including insider trading. In the end, Clay is beaten up by some men from Reedsburgh, which sends him to the hospital. Then, he loses a huge case against Goffman and slides downhill as previous clients sue him. In the end, with most of his wealth lost, Clay and his girlfriend fly to London on their private jet, hoping to start a new life, knowing that the jet must be sold later as they need the funds.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Torts
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Re: Spree-Killings Master Thread

Postby elfismiles » Thu Aug 25, 2016 6:24 pm

Hat tip Jerf Wells via fb

3 dead after crossbow attack in Toronto
CTVNews.ca Staff
Published Thursday, August 25, 2016 1:48PM EDT
Last Updated Thursday, August 25, 2016 6:09PM EDT

Three people have died after an attack involving a crossbow in Toronto’s east end.
The incident happened near Markham Road and Eglinton Avenue East in Scarborough Thursday afternoon.
Toronto paramedics said two males and one female, all of them adults, were pronounced dead at the scene. Another person was taken to hospital.
A police source told CTV News that at least two victims were hit by a crossbow bolt and that the incident happened in the rear garage of a house. The source said that two bodies were discovered in the garage and the third was found in a driveway.
A man has been taken into custody, police said, and it doesn’t appear that any suspects are outstanding.
Det. Sgt. Mike Carbone told reporters Thursday afternoon that the crime scene is linked to a separate report of a suspicious package in downtown Toronto.
Carbone said the downtown scene has been cleared, but would not elaborate on the connection.
He also said that police are still in the process of contacting the Scarborough victims’ next of kin.
Resident Jerome Cruz told CTV News Channel that he heard someone screaming for several minutes before everything went silent. He also heard acommotion and what sounded like “banging” in his neighbour’s backyard.
Cruz said the incident was “very shocking.”
“Generally it is a very quiet neighbourhood, we are very happy to live here,” he said.
Officers said they are investigating three different houses and are trying to determine exactly what happened.


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Postby elfismiles » Mon Aug 29, 2016 12:17 pm

False Reports of Gunfire Cause Chaos at Los Angeles Airport
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Mass evacuation at LAX caused by ZORRO! Actor on way home from audition dressed as masked hero with plastic sword is arrested amid reports of an 'active shooter' grounding flights
Los Angeles International Airport thrown into chaos after shooting reports
People at the airport claim a man opened fire while near a baggage claim
Terminals were evacuated amid the reports and flights were grounded
LAPD since said it was a false alarm and that there were 'loud noises only'
Woman said she saw shooting and police arrest a man dressed as Zorro
Video showed officers converging on the man and taking him into custody
As police approached, the costumed man shouted: 'it's a plastic sword'
The man, it turns out was an actor returning from an audition
Shortly after 2am, LAX said in a statement all terminals were reopened
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Published: 23:36 EST, 28 August 2016 | Updated: 09:15 EST, 29 August 2016
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Re: Spree-Killings Master Thread

Postby elfismiles » Mon Sep 26, 2016 1:20 pm

Workplace amok shooting here in Texas this morning...

Houston shooting: Nine injured, suspect pronounced dead (VIDEO)
By Samira Said and Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN
Updated 12:44 PM ET, Mon September 26, 2016

(CNN)A gunman who died in a shootout with officers in Houston Monday was a lawyer who lived in the neighborhood and left a car full of weapons near the scene, the city's police chief said.
"We are bringing in the bomb squad to secure it safe," Acting Police Chief Martha Montalvo told reporters.

Attorney Nathan DeSai has been identified as the alleged shooter, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner told CNN.
DeSai was a lone gunman who was disgruntled over matters at the law firm where he worked, according to the mayor, who said he'd been briefed on the shooting by police. DeSai practiced business, criminal and family law, according to his profile on the State Bar of Texas website.
Police said nine people were injured in the shooting, one critically and one seriously.
The FBI is at the scene and assisting the investigation, Montalvo said.
Witness: Gunshots flew by my face
It was still dark when Antoine Wilson drove through the neighborhood Monday morning and suddenly found himself in the middle of a gunfight.
"I didn't realize I was right there by the shooter," he told CNN affiliate KTRK. "Gunshots, I literally hear the gunshots pass my face, 'cause I'm leaning out the window looking, trying to see."
Then he saw police running down the street.
"You (could) hear people screaming," he said. "I'm talking about steady gunshots, just steady shooting, back and forth ... police and the shooter. Helicopters were everywhere."
Firefighters and police swarmed the scene as gunfire rang out, KTRK reported.
"I'm still shaken up," Wilson told KTRK. "I've never been in no standoff like this before."
Later Monday, Kevin Quinn caught a glimpse of cars that apparently were caught in the crossfire. The KTRK reporter tweeted photos of vehicles parked near the scene with bullet-riddled windshields and shattered glass.
Parking lot became triage scene
Early reports indicated the shooting took place in a strip mall parking lot near the corner of Weslayan Street and Bissonnet Street in southwest Houston.
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Montalvo later said it's possible the shooting had occurred on a nearby street.
"As the victims left, the ones that could, possibly, came to this location," she told reporters at a press briefing near the strip mall.
After the shooting, CNN affiliates reported that the parking lot became a triage scene where first responders treated the wounded.
An emergency alert from the city told people to avoid the area and warned residents to take shelter in place. Hours after the shooting, officials told residents the shelter-in-place warning had been lifted and asked the public for help tracking down information about what happened.

CNN's AnneClaire Stapleton contributed to this report.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/26/us/houston-shooting/
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Re: Spree-Killings Master Thread

Postby semper occultus » Tue Sep 27, 2016 6:43 am

Houston Shooter Nathan Desai Found To Be Wearing Nazi Paraphernalia At Time Of Shooting

According to a local NBC affiliate, the gunman who injured nine people this morning in a Houston shooting was reportedly wearing a "an antique German uniform with Swastikas on it" and was also found to have Nazi paraphernalia in his car and home. Of the nine people injured during the shooting, 2 remain in serious/critical condition in Houston hospitals.

We've just confirmed today's mass shooter wore Nazi paraphernalia, what appeared to be an old German uniform with swastikas. h/t @kprcrobert
— Jace Larson, KPRC (@jacelarson) September 26, 2016

We've also confirmed Nazi paraphernalia was found inside suspected gunman's townhouse. We will put up what know on https://t.co/n8cEqtLqKj.
— Jace Larson, KPRC (@jacelarson) September 26, 2016


According to KPRC, although the name of the suspect has not been officially released, the car and house searched by police this morning belonged to Nathan Desai. Desai, of Indian descent, was a 46-year old attorney whose father, Prakash Desai, confirmed to KPRC that he was worried about his son "because his law practice was not running good."

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-09-26/bodies-ground-least-7-injured-houston-police-warn-active-shooter-situation-live-feed

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Re: Spree-Killings Master Thread

Postby stefano » Mon Nov 28, 2016 5:09 pm

Is this one really going to be up to me?

OHIO STATE ATTACKER IDENTIFIED: Everything We Know About Abdul Razak Ali Artan

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3:30 PM 11/28/2016

The man behind Monday’s horrific attack at Ohio State University has been identified as Abdul Razak Ali Artan.

Ohio law enforcement officials confirmed to NBC News Monday afternoon that Artan — an 18-year-old freshman at OSU — was the man who plowed a car into a crowd of people on campus and subsequently attacked passers-by with a butcher’s knife.

Authorities had previously confirmed that the suspect was a Somali refugee, legally residing in Ohio.

Artan fled Somalia with his family in 2007 before landing in Pakistan.

He moved to the United States in 2014, where he was granted legal, permanent status.


It should be noted that Ohio State’s online directory only lists one student with the name, Abdul Artan.

Furthermore, “The Lantern” — OSU’s campus newspaper — ran an interview with Artan just a few months ago, in which he criticized the school for not having Muslim prayer rooms on campus.

“I wanted to pray in the open, but I was kind of scared with everything going on in the media,” he stated. “I’m a Muslim, it’s not what the media portrays me to be.”

“I don’t blame them,” he cotinued. “It’s the media that put that picture in their heads so they’re just going to have it, and it’s going to make them feel uncomfortable.”

Artan’s motive is not yet known, yet authorities maintain that the attack was “done on purpose” and are treating the incident as a possible terrorist act.


Some weirdish bits in there, right?
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Postby stefano » Mon Nov 28, 2016 5:12 pm

When you Google the name Abdul Razak Ali Artan (which I got off Twitter, that's how I found the news article) all the top hits are conservative sites.
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Re: Spree-Killings Master Thread

Postby stefano » Mon Nov 28, 2016 5:15 pm

Zero Hedge, fucking tools that they are, quote Rita Katz (US and Israeli intelligence asset, if you are new here):

As SiteIntel's Rita Katz tweeted earlier in the day, "though no confirmed motive, use of vehicle & knife in OhioState attack is consistent with recent attack instructions issued by ISIS"


Comments on that bit are mind-bending.
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Postby stefano » Mon Nov 28, 2016 5:28 pm

Suspect Identified in Ohio State Attack as Abdul Razaq Ali Artan

by Pete Williams, Tom Winter, Tracy Connor, Andrew Blankstein and Ken Dilanian

An Ohio State University student plowed a car into a campus crowd, then jumped out and started stabbing people with a butcher knife before being shot dead by police Monday morning, officials said.

Ten people were taken to hospitals after the ambush, but none of the injuries were considered life-threatening. The incident was initially reported as an "active shooter" situation, but the suspect did not shoot anyone.

A police officer was on the scene within a minute and killed the assailant, likely saving lives, university officials said. "He engaged the suspect and eliminated the threat," OSU Police Chief Craig Stone said.

Law enforcement officials told NBC News the suspect's name is Abdul Razaq Ali Artan, an 18-year-old student at the university. He was a Somali refugee who left his homeland with his family in 2007, lived in Pakistan and then came to the United States in 2014 as a legal permanent resident of the United States, officials said.

The motive was unknown, although law enforcement sources said Artan posted a rant on social media prior to the incident. Officials said the attack was clearly deliberate and may have been planned in advance.

"This was done on purpose," Stone said.

Officials said Artan was in the car by himself, but investigators are trying to determine if anyone else was involved in the planning.

A campus lockdown was lifted about 11:30 a.m., some 90 minutes after the violence unfolded on the Columbus, Ohio, campus, where 60,000 students are enrolled.

"This car just swerved and ran into a whole group of people," said Nicole Kreinbrink, who was walking down the street when she saw the car hit people who had evacuated an academic building during a fire alarm.

"All these people were running and screaming and yelling," she added.

Jacob Bowers, an OSU sophomore, was sitting on a bench about 100 feet away when he noticed people running.

"Then I heard someone yell, 'He's got a knife.' And I saw a guy with a big-ass knife just chasing people around. When I saw that, I grabbed all my stuff and started running," Bowers said.

Bowers said he looked back to see a police officer on the scene. The officer yelled to the suspect, "Drop it and get down or I'll shoot," and then fired on the suspect, Bowers said.

"The man was going insane," he said.

Another student told NBC News he heard gunfire from his dorm room.

"I heard gunshots from my dorm, probably six or seven," said Stephen Yunker, 18, a freshman who lives two blocks from Watts Hall, where the incident occurred.

He said he and his roommate looked at each other, heard sirens about five seconds later, and then looked out the window.

"We saw fire trucks, couple of cars, and a body laying on the ground," he said.

OSU Police identified the officer who took down Artan as Alan Harujko, who has been on the force for two years.

The campus was put on lockdown for 90 minutes after the university first reported an "active shooter" in the chaos of the moment.

"Run Hide Fight," the university's emergency management office tweeted. "Continue to shelter in place."

Students hunkered down in classrooms with shades drawn across the 2,000-acre campus.

Lisa Goldstein, 26, was in her Geographical Information Systems class in Stillman Hall when a text alert hit everyone's phones. The students blocked the door with their book bags and monitored social media and live streams for updates.

"It's a little overwhelming and scary. It's not something you think would happen on our campus," she told NBC News.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich praised law enforcement for stopping Artan before he could do more harm.

"Think about what this tragedy could have meant, a man with a butcher knife and who knows what else?" he said.

President Barack Obama was briefed on the attack, a White House spokesman said. The FBI was assisting in the investigation.

Hassan Omar, president of the Somali Community Association of Ohio, told NBC News that reports the attacker was Somali was upsetting.

"Every Somali person has been calling me, and everybody is crying," he said.

"This is a shock," he added. "As a Somali community here, we are in a state of shock. In Columbus, we live in a very peaceful community. This is gonna affect the life of everybody. We are American and we don't want somebody to create this problem."
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