Search This Blog

Wednesday, 22 June 2011

U.S. Charges Kosovar Alleged Gunman With Germany Attack


The U.S. Army bus where the attack took place in Frankfurt last March.
The U.S. Army bus where the attack took place in Frankfurt last March.
June 22, 2011
U.S. federal prosecutors in New York City have filed murder charges against a Kosovo ethnic Albanian man accused of shooting dead two U.S. Air Force personnel and wounding two others at Frankfurt airport in Germany.

In a statement, prosecutors said Arid Uka, 21, approached a bus on March 2 at the airport and asked in English if it was carrying Americans.

The statement says Uka then began firing a pistol at the U.S. personnel while repeating aloud "an Arabic expression that means, 'God is great.'"

U.S. prosecutors have charged him with murder, attempted murder and firearms counts....more: http://www.rferl.org/content/us_charges_alleged_kosovar_gunman_with_germany_attack/24242838.html

No comments:

Post a Comment