UPDATE: The suspected ISIS Twitter account has been suspended.
A Twitter account claiming to be associated with ISIS terrorists appeared to take responsibility for the Chattanooga shooting Thursday, which took the lives of four Marines outside of a Tennessee Navy and Marine Reserve Center.
O Americans Dogs soon YOU Will see wonders #Chattanooga #USA #ISIS pic.twitter.com/8tPawr6U1y
— ابو محمد الخراساني (@K_H_O7777777777) July 16, 2015
The Twitter account, created just yesterday, appears to have sent out a tweet before Muhammad Youssef Abulazeez was identified as the shooter. The tweet stated that “American dogs” would see “wonders” with hashtags including Chattanooga, USA and ISIS.
Taste the blood of Americans>>>>>> are very good #Chattanooga #USA #ISIS #IslamicState pic.twitter.com/w9YkFaavXd — ابو محمد الخراساني (@K_H_O7777777777) July 16, 2015
The account also sent out several other tweets mentioning the “blood” of Americans while warning of their impending “fate.”
To ALL KOFAR AND Americans Dogs >>>THIS IS YOUR FATE >>>CUT HERE soon YOU Will see wonders #Chattanooga #USA pic.twitter.com/ssPJcGb23I
— ابو محمد الخراساني (@K_H_O7777777777) July 16, 2015
According to CBS News, “U.S. Attorney Bill Killian said officials were treating the attacks as an ‘act of domestic terrorism,’ though FBI Special Agent in Charge Ed Reinhold said authorities were still investigating a motive.”
ISIS similarly claimed responsibility for the attack in Garland, Texas, last May after two “soldiers of the caliphate” were killed while attempting to stop a Prophet Mohammed cartoon contest.
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