Oh boy.
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, an Afghan national, is accused of shooting two National Guardsmen in D.C. on Wednesday afternoon.
The men remain in critical condition.
Authorities described it as a “targeted shooting.”
Well.. CIA Director John Ratcliffe told Fox News that Lakanwal worked with the U.S. in Afghanistan.
Lakamwal came to the U.S. in 2021 during Biden’s awful Afghanistan withdrawal under “Operation Allies Welcome.”
From Fox News:
Intelligence sources told Fox News Digital that Lakanwal had a prior relationship with various entities in the U.S. government, including the CIA, due to his work as a member of a partner force in Kandahar.”In the wake of the disastrous Biden withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Biden administration justified bringing the alleged shooter to the United States in September 2021 due to his prior work with the U.S. government, including CIA, as a member of a partner force in Kandahar, which ended shortly following the chaotic evacuation,” CIA Director John Ratcliffe told Fox News Digital.”The individual—and so many others—should have never been allowed to come here,” Ratcliffe continued. “Our citizens and service members deserve far better than to endure the ongoing fallout from the Biden administration’s catastrophic failures.”Ratcliffe added: “God bless our brave troops.”
A relative told News4 that Lakanwal “served in the Afghan army for 10 years alongside U.S. Special Forces troops.”
Lakanwal lived in Washington state:
Lakanwal had been living in Washington state, two law enforcement officials and a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.His former landlord, Kristina Widman, told the outlet that Lakamal arrived in Bellingham, Wash., about four years ago with his wife and five children.How he traveled the roughly 2,500 miles to Washington, D.C., ahead of Wednesday’s shooting remains unclear.
The relative also served in the Afghan army with Lakanwal:
“We were the ones that were targeted by the Taliban in Afghanistan,” he said.“I cannot believe it that he might do this,” the relative added.
Officials are likely investigating the shooting as an act of terror.
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