{"id":293474,"date":"2025-04-29T18:27:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T18:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/u-k-crossbow-attack-suspect-voiced-racist-and-misogynist-views\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T18:27:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T18:27:09","slug":"u-k-crossbow-attack-suspect-voiced-racist-and-misogynist-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/u-k-crossbow-attack-suspect-voiced-racist-and-misogynist-views\/","title":{"rendered":"U.K. Crossbow Attack Suspect Voiced Racist and Misogynist Views"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/29\/world\/29int-uk-crossbow-attacker\/29int-uk-crossbow-attacker-facebookJumbo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"U.K. Crossbow Attack Suspect Voiced Racist and Misogynist Views\" title=\"U.K. Crossbow Attack Suspect Voiced Racist and Misogynist Views\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A man accused of wounding two women with a crossbow in the British city of Leeds on Saturday has died of a self-inflicted injury, the police said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The suspect, Owen Lawrence, 38, died in the hospital where he was taken after his arrest at the scene of the attack, the counterterrorism police said in a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westyorkshire.police.uk\/news-appeals\/ctpne-updated-statement-serious-incident-otley-road-leeds\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The two women, ages 19 and 31, were seriously injured, the authorities said. One was released from the hospital a day after the attack, but the other remained hospitalized on Tuesday after undergoing surgery for life-threatening wounds, they said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The police said they were still investigating the motivation for the rampage, during which witnesses saw the suspect walking along a three-mile stretch of pubs and bars, known locally as the \u201cOtley Run,\u201d armed with a crossbow and several air rifles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The attack appeared to be the latest in a series of violent incidents in Britain in recent years by individuals appearing to harbor a complex mix of motivations. Some showed an interest in extremist content online, though they did not adhere to a single ideology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Last summer, three young girls were brutally murdered in a stabbing attack by a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/30\/world\/europe\/southport-terrorism-prevent-violence-rudakubana.html\" title=\"\">violence-obsessed teenager<\/a> in Southport. A prosecutor said in court that the suspect had no political or religious ideology and that his \u201conly purpose was to kill.\u201d The young man had viewed a large quantity of videos and material relating to mass murder, violence and genocide, the authorities say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Experts in<span class=\"css-8l6xbc evw5hdy0\">  <\/span>radicalization have warned of a rise in indiscriminate acts of violence of a sort once mostly associated with ideologically driven terrorists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A social media account associated with the suspect in the Leeds attack on the weekend indicated an interest in mass shootings and in white supremacy, and voiced misogynistic views.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The authorities have not yet decided whether to formally declare the incident a terrorist attack. Under British law, that would require a finding that the violence have been waged \u201cfor the purpose of advancing a political, religious, racial or ideological cause.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Investigators are reviewing two Facebook accounts that the police believe belonged to the suspect. One of the accounts was viewed by The New York Times before it was taken down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The most recent post, published shortly before the attack began at 2:45 p.m. on Saturday, was titled \u201cattack information\u201d and contained photos of weapons that matched images of items discarded on the ground following the assault.<span class=\"css-8l6xbc evw5hdy0\">  <\/span>It said the targets would be \u201cstudents, night club goers, pub crawlers, Otley Run participants, society, humanity, humanitarian race, neurotypicals and police, if I need to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Under the heading \u201cattack type,\u201d the post said it was a \u201cspree killing, mass murder, terrorism, revenge, misogynistic rage, homicide\/suicide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Facebook user said he was a political \u201creactionary\u201d who had \u201cexplored far right ideas\u201d and had read a notorious manifesto shared by the white supremacist who carried out mass shootings at two New Zealand mosques in 2019. A separate post referred to \u201cthe great replacement,\u201d<span class=\"css-8l6xbc evw5hdy0\">  <\/span>a far-right conspiracy theory that white people are being replaced by nonwhites in Western countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Another recurring theme on the account was a hatred of women, feminists and the political left. A Feb. 15 post accused women of causing society to \u201cdegenerate\u201d by choosing the wrong partners. A week later, another post claimed that dating apps like Tinder were \u201cdesigned for women only.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Facebook account had been made public before the attack and the profile picture showed a man believed to be the suspect holding a baseball bat and wearing a T-shirt similar to one worn by one of the perpetrators of the 1999 Columbine High School massacre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mass shootings in America also drew attention on the account. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In 2024 the user shared a video relating to a 2017 gunman at a supermarket in Pennsylvania, with the caption: \u201cR.I.P. brother, identified with you a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Other attacks discussed on the Facebook page included one targeting Jews and Muslims in Germany in 2019 and the 2011 Norway massacre by the white supremacist Anders Breivik.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Several posts alluded to the Crusades, using the Latin phrase \u201cDeus vult\u201d \u2014 \u201cGod wills it\u201d \u2014 which was used by Christian armies and has since been adopted by far-right groups. In November 2023, the man posted a photo of himself performing what appears to be a Nazi salute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But on Feb. 20 this year, the same account wrote that he did not identify with far-right ideologies and had only \u201cflirted with their ideas a bit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Several other posts<span class=\"css-8l6xbc evw5hdy0\">  <\/span>account made reference to health and well-being, saying he was a recovering drug addict who attended Narcotics Anonymous meetings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/29\/world\/europe\/uk-crossbow-attack-suspect.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man accused of wounding two women with a crossbow in the British city of Leeds on Saturday has died of a self-inflicted injury, the police said on Tuesday. The suspect, Owen Lawrence, 38, died in the hospital where he was taken after his arrest at the scene of the attack, the counterterrorism police said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/29\/world\/29int-uk-crossbow-attacker\/29int-uk-crossbow-attacker-facebookJumbo.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2601,73966,84420,226896,228258,6273,4449,776,18091,503,4891,228257],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293474"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":293476,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293474\/revisions\/293476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}