The suspect in the mass shooting in Burlington in Washington State USA, who was initially identified by mass media outlets as ‘Hispanic’ turns out is likely to be, surprise, surprise, a Muslim Turk.
There’s been no stated motive for why Arcan Cetin, a Turkish migrant to the USA, went on a shooting spree in a shopping centre, killing five people, but some form of Islam related terror should not be ruled out. So far there is little from his visible from his public social media footprint that would overtly suggest a Jihadist motive, but that doesn’t mean that this motive doesn’t exist, it means that he may have deliberately kept the worst of such stuff off of his social media profile.
What Islamic content that does exist on Cetin’s social media, along with posts about serial killers and violence, does suggest that Islam may have played at least some part in Cetin’s murderous assault at the shopping centre. References to ”Subanah Allah’ and ‘Jannah’ along with pics of Islamic extremists may show some evidence of a flirtation at least with jihadism.
Jessica McBride writing on the heavy.com website has examined Cetin’s social media profiles and what emerges is a confused, troubled, violent man with an obsession with weapons and possibly some leanings towards jihad.
Ms McBride said:
“Was Arcan Cetin, identified by police as the mass shooter at the Cascade Mall, a Hillary Clinton supporter? Did he support ISIS and its leader?
Read on, and draw your own conclusion from the evidence we know now.
Cetin was arrested on September 24 and is accused in the mass murder of five people in the Macy’s store at Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington. It’s also been revealed that, although Cetin was widely described as Hispanic in the media when he was not yet identified by name, his Facebook page says he is from Turkey. The Seattle Times newspaper says police first misidentified Cetin, a Turkish immigrant, as Hispanic, adding that police said they identified him as Hispanic based on surveillance photos and his dark hair.
A Tumblr page in his name contains references to the phrase “Subhan Allah,” which means Glory be to God, as well as comments about serial killers. It links to a page that praises the ISIS leader. Police have not yet determined the shooter’s motive in the mall attack, according to The Seattle Times, and Cetin has a troubled past that includes domestic violence allegations. By one account, he called out a woman’s name while allegedly firing.”
At first glance Cetin may just be a random nutter who if he didn’t kill with a gun would probably have killed using explosives or knives or by using a vehicle. However, the Islamic references and links do not give anybody confidence in definitively saying that this is a common or garden violent nutter rather than an Islamic violent nutter.
I feel that, as with some other Islamic outrages, as time goes by more will emerge about this killer’s motivations. This case, along with the New York City and New Jersey bombing suspect are unusual in so far as the perpetrators have been captured alive rather than killing themselves or being killed during the outrage, It is to be hoped that more information will emerge about this particular savage but I would be completely unsurprised if somewhere along the line, Cetin turns out to be yet another Bearded Savage Muslim whose motivation to murder the innocent comes either in whole or in part from the death cult that is Islam.
Link
heavy.com article on Arcan Cetin and his potential motiviations
