Several People Watched San Diego Attack Live on Video Calls, Recordings Show
Investigators say the two teenage suspects left a 75-page document with anti-Islamic and anti-Semitic writings after the attack.
- On Monday, May 18, two teenagers aged 17 and 18 attacked the Islamic Center of San Diego, killing three adults while wearing Nazi SS insignia and writing 'race war' on their weapons.
- Investigators are working to determine what motivated the two teenagers, who reportedly met online; authorities found a 75-page document describing anti-Islamic and anti-Semitic beliefs left behind by the suspects.
- Three men died in the attack, including Amin Abdullah, the armed security guard at the mosque who paid with his life to protect children, according to officials.
- Communities across the nation are mourning, with vigils held in Ohio and elsewhere; staff and community members are returning to the Islamic Center as a memorial continues to grow.
- This attack marks the latest deadly manifestation of Islamophobic violence in America, echoing past extremist incidents as scholars note the weaponization of European history to justify current ideologies.
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Several people watched San Diego attack live on video calls, recordings show
At least three people watched a livestream as gunmen filmed their deadly attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday. One viewer urged another to alert law enforcement, but it is not clear if anyone did.
San Diego mosque shooters ‘did not discriminate in who they hated’
by WorldTribune Staff, May 21, 2026 Non-AI Real World News The teenage shooters who killed three men at a San Diego mosque before dying in a murder-suicide “did not discriminate in who they hated,” the FBI said in referring to the teens’ 75-page unfinished manifesto. What kind of hatred motivated the teens? Take your pick. […]
San Diego mosque attack: racist interpretations of European history are inspiring extremists
The Islamic Center of San Diego on May18, a few hours after the shooting. Leonard LMT/Wikimedia Commons, CC BYOn Monday, May 18, two assailants, a 17 and an 18 year old, attacked the Islamic Center of San Diego, the site of both a mosque and school, killing three adults. The assailants were wearing Nazi SS insignia, and had the words “race war” written on their weapons. The attack underscores European history’s centrality to the global far right…
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