US authorities imagine the Afghan immigrant accused of ambushing Nationwide Guard members in Washington DC was not radicalised till after he got here to america, Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem mentioned on Sunday.
Talking on NBC’s Meet the Press and ABC’s This Week, Noem mentioned authorities assume alleged shooter Rahmanullah Lakanwal was already dwelling in Washington state when he turned radicalised. Investigators have been in search of extra info from members of the family and others, Noem mentioned.
Authorities recognized Lakanwal, 29, because the suspect in a Wednesday capturing that came about simply blocks away from the White Home and which killed one Nationwide Guard member and critically wounded one other.
After the capturing, US President Donald Trump’s administration pointed to an absence of vetting of Afghans and different overseas nationals in the course of the time period of former president Joe Biden, though Lakanwal was granted asylum beneath Trump.
Trump informed reporters on Sunday his administration may pause asylum admissions into america for an prolonged interval. “No time restrict, but it surely may very well be a very long time,” Trump informed reporters on Air Pressure One. “Now we have sufficient issues. We don’t need these individuals.”
Lakanwal entered the US in 2021 as a part of the Biden administration’s mass evacuation of Afghans who aided US forces in the course of the two-decade battle in Afghanistan because the Taliban took energy. He was granted asylum in April by Trump’s administration, a authorities file reviewed by Reuters confirmed.