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Teen Charged with Murder for Recording San Diego Mosque Shooting Livestream
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In Short: A 17-year-old North Carolina girl has been charged with murder for recording and disseminating a livestream of a shooting at a San Diego mosque that killed three people.
A 17-year-old North Carolina girl has been charged with murder for recording and disseminating a livestream of a shooting at a San Diego mosque that killed three people, according to a district attorney's statement.
The teenager agreed to record the livestream as the attackers filmed it, distribute the recording, and release a document written by the attackers, the indictment states.
Three people watched the initial livestream, but it was not immediately clear if investigators had identified the others or on which platforms the livestream was recorded or shared.
Tazheen Nizam, executive director of the San Diego office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, emphasized the importance of holding everyone involved in such attacks accountable.
The attackers left behind writings full of vitriol against various groups, citing the Christchurch mosque shooter as an inspiration for their violence.
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- A 17-year-old North Carolina girl who recorded a livestream of a shooting that killed three people at a San Diego mosque and then disseminated the attackers’ white-supremacist writings has been charged with murder by…
- According to the indictment, Santiago agreed prior to the attack that she would record the livestream as the gunmen filmed it, distribute the recording, and release a document written by the attackers.
- In all, three people watched the initial livestream, O’Neill said.
- It was not immediately clear if investigators had identified the others, and the indictment did not specify on which platforms the livestream was recorded or shared.
- “The individual here, locally, was the person who was recording the livestream,” O’Neill said.
- They left behind rambling writings full of vitriol against a wide range of people, and cited the shooter who killed 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019, as one of the models for their violence.
- Tazheen Nizam, executive director of the San Diego office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights group, said it is essential to hold everyone involved in such attacks accountable.
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- Religionnewslink