Image source, EPA/ShutterstockByFlorence Freeman A 17-year-old girl has been charged with murder by aiding and abetting after prosecutors say she recorded a livestream of an attack on a San Diego mosque that left three people dead.
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Promotores dizem que a garota também publicou um manifesto de dois atiradores adolescentes que realizaram o ataque no Islamic Center of San Diego em 18 de maio.
The teenager, from North Carolina, was arrested last week and indicted by a grand jury on Monday, according to Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O'Neill.
Speaking at a news conference, O'Neill said: "The thought of her going back to school, with the weekend approaching, holy days approaching, we didn't know what she was capable of.
The teenager now faces three murder charges and one count of conspiracy. O'Neill explained that under North Carolina law, a person accused of aiding and abetting a crime can be held criminally responsible in the same way as the person who carried it out.
Autoridades afirmam que o ataque foi executado por dois homens, de 17 e 18 anos, que abriram fogo na mesquita antes de tirarem suas próprias vidas.
O'Neill said the pair had two aims that day: "Number one, to kill as many people as possible on that day. Secondly, they wanted this carnage and destruction recorded.
Fonte da imagem, Legenda da imagem Reuters, Três pessoas morreram no ataque em maio.
A security guard at the mosque, Amin Abdullah, exchanged gunfire with the attackers and initiated a lockdown, helping protect around 140 children who were inside the building.
Abdullah and two worshippers - Mansour Kaziha and Nader Awad, who drew the attentions of the shooters in a parking lot - were fatally shot.
San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl previously described Abdullah's actions as "heroic", saying they had "undoubtedly" saved lives.
De acordo com os investigadores, os atiradores registraram o ataque usando câmeras montadas em capacetes estilo GoPro. O'Neill disse que o par também havia planejado ataques adicionais "at a local Jewish temple and finally at a predominantly African American high school.
Authorities said the teenagers had an arsenal of around 30 guns and a crossbow, which investigators say were taken from one of the shooter's parents.
Os atacantes também deixaram para trás escritos contendo visões racistas e antissemitas, bem como referências a ideologias supremacistas brancas.
The document, which was reviewed by the BBC's US news partner CBS News, pointed to a gunman who murdered 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019, as one of their models.
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