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Remember the casino attack in the Phillipines that Trump falsely labeled a terrorist attack?
Just some eerily similar themes going on here.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippine-resort-gunman/indebted-gambler-behind-philippines-casino-attack-police-idUSKBN18V08D
June 4, 2017 / 12:26 AM / 4 months ago
Indebted gambler behind Philippines casino attack: police
Karen Lema
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine police on Sunday identified the gunman behind an attack on a casino that killed 36 people as a heavily indebted local man addicted to gambling, ruling out any involvement by Islamic militants.
The gunman was named as Jessie Javier Carlos, a 42-year old Filipino, who stormed the casino in Manila on Friday, setting gaming tables alight and killing dozens of people who suffocated in thick smoke. Islamic state claimed the attack, but officials insisted it was a botched robbery.
Carlos, whom police described as a “high-roller”, killed himself in a hotel room after being shot and wounded by security officers at casino, police said.
“He is heavily indebted due to being hooked on casino gambling, according to his immediate family,” Oscar Albayalde, chief of the capital’s police office, told a media briefing on Sunday. “He is already addicted, so you are no longer in your right mind when you are addicted.”
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