ISIS Claims Las Vegas Shooting
2nd October 2017
The Islamic State’s official news agency claimed responsibility for a Las Vegas Sunday night shooting that left at least 50 dead and 200 injured.
The claim reportedly states that gunman Stephen Paddock converted to Islam months before the attack. U.S. intelligence officials are reportedly aware of the claim and are disputing the claim saying they see no evidence of the terrorist group’s connection to the attack.
They have an obvious motive to claim affiliation with the attack, whether it exists or not.
New York Times ISIS correspondent Rukmini Callimachi importantly noted in late March that ISIS “has shown itself to be accurate in claiming only attacks they directed/inspired.”
But apparently that’s not what they do.
Whatever it may say about this particular shooter, it says a lot about Islam.