Crime: FBI checks the suspicion of terrorism for fatal shots on children

The US federal police FBI examines the fatal shots at children in the vicinity of a Catholic school in Minneapolis as a possible terrorist crime. The FBI director Kash Patel said on the platform X, the FBI director Kash Patel said on the platform X. The local police chief Brian O’Hara commented moreist: the motif was still unclear.

During a school service in the north of the United States, a shooter in the morning (local time) shot through the windows of a church on children’s benches through the windows of a church. According to the police, the crime in Minnesota occurred at the beginning of the fair.

Two children aged 8 and 10 still died at the scene. According to the FBI, 14 children – they are between 6 and 15 years old – and 3 adults were injured. He assumes that all injuries will survive, police chief O’Hara said in the afternoon (local time). The adults were therefore seniors who took part in the fair as parishioners.

The perpetrator is said to be transperson in early 20 years old

The suspicious shooter is also dead. According to Minister of Homeland Kristi Noem, it is a 22 -year -old man who should have called himself a transperson. Transpersons are not belonging to people who do not feel associated with the gender they were assigned to them at birth. The chief of police, on the other hand, put the age at 23. The suspect had no criminal record.

The police also spoke of a manifesto of the shooter on the YouTube platform. This seemed to show him at the scene and included “disturbing texts”. The content has been removed with the support of the FBI and is now being examined by experts. A connection between the shooter or his family and the church is still being examined.

Searches in the city

According to the police, officials searched the church and other places. Further firearms have been secured in the houses that are supposed to be in connection with the shooter. It is unclear whether there is a connection between the suspect and the church. The police currently see no connection, but continues to investigate. The investigators have no evidence of other suspects who could have been involved in the implementation of the attack.

Police: Sagittarius had three legally acquired weapons with themselves

According to police, he had three weapons with him – a rifle, a shotgun and a pistol – which he had legally acquired. In the United States, fatal firearms are part of everyday life – according to the figures of the Ministry of Health, around 46,700 people died from weapons in 2023. There are always tragic incidents in schools. Pistols and weapons of larger calibers are easily accessible and in circulation.

Particularly severe attacks always spark debates about tightening weapons law. However, concrete progress has so far failed to materialize-especially because of the resistance of the Republicans and the financially influential weapon lobby, the reforms have been blocking for years.

US President Trump and Pope Leo mourn

US President Donald Trump had the American flag set on a half mast at noon. He ordered this in a proclamation for the white house, messages and consulates abroad as well as military locations and public buildings in the USA until Sunday. “Please join me in prayer for everyone involved!” He had previously written on his Truth Social platform.

Pope Leo XIV also expressed his condolences to the victims and their families. In a telegram published by the Vatican to the Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, he showed himself “deeply sad” about the loss of human life and the injured during the service in the Annunciation Church. The first American on the Petri chair – Robert Francis Prevost, born in Chicago – commemorated the families who mourn the death of their children.