Root Causes
In Salt Lake City on Monday evening, 18 year-old Sulejmen Talovic came home from work, took a shower, drove to Trolley Square, and, using a shotgun and handgun, methodically killed 5 people, wounded 4, and traumatized thousands in seven minutes.
Why?
It was an act of terrorism. Besides the deliberate random killing, that seemed to be the objective: to terrorize. Heroes killed him and stopped his killing.
Why? Why do terrorists kill? A political statement? An expression of rage? Mental illness? Despair? A means to a glorious end? Forced "suicide"?
It isn't known (yet) where the 18 year-old got the weapons and ammunition. But those were only the means to an end. More important is - where did he get the idea that germinated into action?
For me there is no satisfactory answer.
Why?
It was an act of terrorism. Besides the deliberate random killing, that seemed to be the objective: to terrorize. Heroes killed him and stopped his killing.
Why? Why do terrorists kill? A political statement? An expression of rage? Mental illness? Despair? A means to a glorious end? Forced "suicide"?
It isn't known (yet) where the 18 year-old got the weapons and ammunition. But those were only the means to an end. More important is - where did he get the idea that germinated into action?
For me there is no satisfactory answer.
posted by Barney at 10:42 AM
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