Perpetrators continue on the escape – diepresse.com
The democratic politician Melissa Hortman and her husband have been shot in the state of Minnesota. Another senator and his wife were seriously injured. President Trump condemns the assassination, the perpetrator is fleeting.
One day after the attack on democratic politicians in the US state of Minnesota, the search for the perpetrator is in full swing. The police are looking for Vance Luther B. The US Senator Amy Klobuchar from Minnesota said on Sunday that he would be suspected that he is still in the region. The 57-year-old was connected to evangelical groups and claimed to be a security expert with experience in the Gaza Strip and in Africa.
This emerges from postings on the Internet, which were checked by Reuters. According to Klobuchar, the man also had contacts with radical abortion opponents. « He stays somewhere in the area, » the democrat told NBC News about the fleeting suspect. A warning was also published in neighboring South Dakota. « Everyone is tense here because we know that this man would kill in a fraction of a second, » said Klobuchar. The suspect is « obviously not compatible ».
Sagittarius had a list of dozens of democrats
Referring to law enforcement authorities, ABC News reported that dozens of Democrats from Minnesota found in the shooting of the shooter found as a target. He killed a regional member and her husband on Saturday and seriously injured another regional member and his wife. The authorities assume a « politically motivated assassination attempt ».
According to previous knowledge, the 57-year-old shot the regional Senator John Hoffman and his wife in their property several times at 2:00 a.m. A sergeant informed the police who drove to the House of MP Melissa Hortman. The perpetrator had already shot her and her husband. The armed man immediately shot at the two police officers when they approached the house of the aftermans. These returned the fire, the perpetrator has been fleeting since then.
The suspect left a vehicle in front of Hortman’s house in a suburb of Minneapolis that resembles a police off-road vehicle. There was a « manifesto » and a list of attack goals. The FBI published photos of the suspect, who wore a rubber mask and a police -like uniform.
There is concern that other people could be in danger. At the same time, another debate about politically motivated violence has flared up in the United States. « It is terrible that state employees have to worry about their personal security in such a concrete and scary way, » said the Democratic US senator for Minnesota, Tina Smith, in an interview with the broadcaster NPR.
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Smith is one of several officials on the list that emergency services had found in addition to a larger amount of ammunition and a greeting card addressed for Father’s Day in the alleged perpetrator’s vehicle. According to the US broadcaster CNN, politicians from Minnesota and other states, as well as supporters of the right, were on abortion. The authorities therefore assume that other people could possibly be threatened.
Knowing that, she definitely worried, said Senator Smith. She saw her party colleagues Hortman and Hoffman hours before the attacks at a feast. « It’s just difficult to believe that the last night happened. »
Trump condemned act
Several other politicians – Democrats like Republicans commented similarly. US President Donald Trump shared the crime in Minnesota and spoke of a « targeted attack on state employees ». He announced that everyone involved has « followed with the full hardness of the law ». His democratic predecessor Joe biden called on platform X on unity against politically motivated violence. Hate and extremism should not find any space in the United States.
The population was asked for helping. The federal police FBI exposed a reward of up to $ 50,000 (43,432.94 euros) for information.
A friend of the suspect told the US broadcaster CNN in tears that he had experienced him as a « loving, caring guy ». He also didn’t know why he did that. It is still unclear whether the alleged perpetrator acted alone.
A suspect sent friends after the act
After the crime, the suspect sent him and another friend a message, reports the newspaper « Minnesota Star Tribune ». It said in it: « Maybe I will soon be dead, so I just want to let you know that I both love you both and wish it would not have happened. »
The suspect is said to be an evangelical Christian, reports CNN. In the past, he had done mission work abroad and also held local political offices, wrote US media after evaluating his online profiles and various documents. As a result, he is said to have sat in a committee with the shot Hoffman. It was initially unclear whether the two knew each other. In Africa, the suspect tried to convert Islamists for Christianity, wrote the Washington Post. According to CNN, he also commented on LGBTQ rights.
(APA/Reuters/dpa)
