There was a very weird shooting attack in Canadiastan last night, and many thought it might have been an Islamic attack.
Well the perpetrator’s name has been released:
Here’s more on the attack:
A man clad in black fired a handgun into restaurants and cafes in a lively Toronto neighborhood, killing a 10-year-old girl and an 18-year-old woman and wounding 13 others in an attack that has shaken the confidence of many in the normally safe city.
Authorities identified the suspect as Faisal Hussain, 29, of Toronto, who died after an exchange of gunfire with police. It was not immediately clear whether he killed himself or was killed by police.
The mass shooting late Sunday in Toronto’s Greektown district came just three months after a van struck and killed 10 people in an apparent attack directed toward women.
Police Chief Mark Saunders said he would not speculate on a motive but did not rule out terrorism.
“It’s almost inconceivable that these things can happen,” said Mayor John Tory. “We were so used to living in a city where these things didn’t happen and as we saw them going on in the world around us (we) thought they couldn’t happen here.”
“This is an attack against innocent families and our entire city.”
So the family says he suffered from mental illness, and if that’s true and can be substantiated then that would certainly be at least a partial explanation.
But we have to believe that if he was radicalized that many would be motivated to hide that fact from the public. Still, I would caution people against jumping to conclusions. You don’t get extra points for being right first on twitter or in the comments.
As Scoop frequently explains, radicalized Islamists don’t generally kill themselves because it’s against their beliefs. But in this case we don’t know yet if he shot himself or if the cops took him down.