And, information about the “domestic terrorism” label (as opposed to the “Dark Knight” killings in Colorado):Wade Michael Page, a former US soldier, has been named as the suspected assailant in shooting in a Sikh temple in the mid-western state of Wisconsin that left six people dead.
Though police officials have not officially released the identity of the 40-year-old assailant, US media outlets and officials speaking on the basis of anonymity, said on Monday that Page had links to racist groups in the US.
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Military sources, speaking to the Reuters news agency, said Page's six-year tenure as a a psychological operations specialist and Hawk Missile System repairman in the US military, came to an end in 1998 for "patterns of misconduct", including being drunk while on duty.
Page was never stationed overseas.
Page had been a member of the racist skinhead band End Apathy, based in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in 2010.
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Police, who are treating the case as "domestic terrorism", searched Page's apartment on Monday looking for clues to his motive.
Based on Federal Bureau of Investigation guidelines, cases designated as domestic terrorism involve political agendas.
The FBI defines terrorism as “the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives”.
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