- Federal investigators are looking at whether Rahmanullah Lakanwalm, the Afghan national who was accused of shooting two National Guard members in broad daylight on Thanksgiving eve, was radicalized after arriving in the US — despite clearing vetting by two different presidential administrations.
- Authorities are homing in on what happened during Lakanwal’s four years in the United States that would motivate him to drive 3,000 miles from his home in Bellingham, Wash., and shoot two National Guard members in the head in a Thanksgiving eve ambush steps from the White House.
- According to a criminal complaint, Â Lakanwal shouted “Allahu Akbar” as he fired, killing one National Guardsman and wounding another. Read More