Suspect in Texas shooting wore ‘Property of Allah’ clothing with Iranian flag
The FBI said it was looking into whether the attack, in which a gunman killed 2 people and injured 14 in Austin, was tied to the Iran conflict
Federal authorities are investigating whether a shooting outside a bar in Austin, Texas early on Sunday was a reaction to the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, people familiar with the investigation said.
The gunman who killed two people at a bar in Texas early Sunday in a shooting that left 14 others wounded was wearing a sweatshirt that said “Property of Allah”, and another shirt with an Iranian flag design, a law enforcement official told Associated Press.
The shooter has been identified as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne, the police official and another person familiar with the matter said. The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to publicly discuss the investigation.
Diagne is originally from Senegal, according to multiple people briefed on the investigation. One of the people said Diagne came to the US in 2006 and was a naturalised US citizen.
The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to publicly discuss the investigation.