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Pensacola shooter had ‘significant ties’ to AQAP, FBI finds

Thomas Joscelyn | May 18, 2020

The FBI and DOJ announced today that Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani had “significant ties” to AQAP and had been planning a terrorist attack for years. Alshamrani carried out the Dec. 6, 2019 shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola, killing three U.S. sailors and wounding eight other Americans.

AQAP claims “full responsibility” for shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola

Thomas Joscelyn | February 2, 2020

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has released a video claiming “full responsibility” for the Dec. 2019 shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola. The video features images of the shooter, Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani (Al-Shamrani) and his will, but doesn’t explain how he was known to AQAP beforehand.

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