“The Red-Green Axis: Refugees, Immigration and the Agenda to Erase America” (Civilization Jihad Reader Series Volume 4)

[NOTE:  Following is a press release detailing a monograph released from the Center For Security Policy entitled “The Red-Green Axis: Refugees, Immigration and the Agenda to Erase America.”  It is Volume 4 in a nine part Civilization Jihad Series.  

This monograph details the networks of radical left non-profits, foundations, government agencies, and the people behind them that are using refugee resettlement as a pretext for importing waves of mostly Muslim immigrants as a key part of Obama’s strategy of “fundamentally transforming” America.  Issues discussed include how migrants are taught how to capitalize on welfare programs, how government resettlement contractors receive $1 billion annually in Federal tax funding, and how Obama’s “Welcoming America” initiative seeks to “seed” refugees throughout communities and “weed out pockets of resistance” by vilifying anyone opposing the agenda.]

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Video:  “Refugee resettlement report heralds existential threat to America”

July 23, 2015

Contact:  Adam Savit | savit@securefreedom.org

Washington, D.C.: The Center for Security Policy today released a new paperback version of the monograph by investigative journalist James Simpson:  The Red-Green Axis: Refugees, Immigration and the Agenda to Erase America.

This report extensively details the networks of radical left non-profits, foundations, government agencies and the personalities behind them.  Unbeknownst to most Americans they are using refugee resettlement as a pretext to import waves of immigrants from third-world nations as a key front in Obama’s strategy of “fundamentally transforming” America.  These refugees have little interest in assimilating.  Many are from Muslim countries, view immigration as “Hijra” i.e. a subversive means to invade a foreign nation, and have demonstrated a willingness to either support or engage in terrorism both in America and abroad.

These groups are coached by leftist non-profits to capitalize on our generous welfare programs and shown how to maneuver around legal impediments – all at our expense – but are not being taught how to assimilate.  The report conservatively estimates welfare costs at $10 billion per year.   Additionally, government resettlement contractors receive $1 billion annually in federal tax dollars and non-profits supporting the agenda are provided billions of dollars from non-profits like George Soros’ Open Society Institute.

The President has launched a “Welcoming America” initiative which seeks to “seed” refugees throughout our communities and weed out “pockets of resistance” with a full-throated effort vilifying anyone opposing his radical agenda.  It is literally an offensive to erase American laws, traditions and culture, and replace them with a pliable, multi-cultural society that will vote the Left into the “permanent progressive majority” it seeks.

Center for Security Policy President, Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. states:

“       Jim Simpson has done a characteristically exacting investigation of the extent to which the red-green axis – the radical left, with its activists, contractors, philanthropies and friends in the Obama administration, and Islamic supremacists – have joined forces to use U.S. refugee resettlement programs as a prime means to achieve the ‘fundamental transformation’ of America. His expose is particularly timely against the backdrop of the government sponsored effort to ‘Welcome New Americans’ and suppress those who understand the imperative of “resisting” the migration to and colonization of this country, or hijra, that Shariah-adherent Muslim believed they are required to undertake.”

The Center for Security Policy/Secure Freedom is proud to present Mr. Simpson’s monograph as a superb addition to its Civilization Jihad Reader Series.

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This monograph can be downloaded from its website as a PDF for free, or purchased as a printed volume or Kindle from Amazon.

The rest of the monographs in the series can be viewed at:   http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/civilization-jihad-reader-series/

Onlookers were horrified in Canada as a man stabbed an elderly woman repeatedly in the face in a random attack

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Following is a summary of this Toronto Sun article

A man ambushed an elderly woman at random in Windsor, Ontario, stabbing her repeatedly in the face and leaving her screaming and bleeding on the sidewalk.  She suffered serious injuries.

Jennyfer Demers, who helped the victim, said “She was screaming at the top of her lungs, like five or six times.  When I came up I saw the guy running away, so I didn’t really get a clear picture of him.  I helped her up off the ground and she was bleeding from her face and her eye area.  There was blood everywhere.  She was clearly shaken up.  It happened so quickly, it was a shock.  When I helped her up, the knife was sitting literally right there and there was blood on it.  She was still screaming.”

Const. Andrew Drouillard said, “… [W]hat is disturbing about this, it appears to be some random act of violence.  This male approached this elderly female from behind when she was walking and just assaulted her and took off from the scene.  We don’t know what the motive is at this time.”

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The attack happened outside a hair salon where Demers was working.  She and some other women rushed out to help the woman and brought her into the salon.  Employees had to clean up large pools of blood from the front of the salon after the paramedics took the woman away.

Police spent the afternoon scouring the Ottawa Street area for witnesses and surveillance cameras as they tried to piece together what happened.  Police say they had the suspect in custody by 5 p.m.

Kim Spirou, who owns the hair salon where Demers was working at, was stunned when she watched the surveillance video, “He crossed the street very deliberately, you could tell he was targeting her.  He caught up to her and stabbed her right in front of the salon.”

Four local schools were on lockdown Wednesday afternoon, and parents were picking up their children at the schools by 5 p.m, shortly after the attacker was found and apprehended.

“The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s Jihad on Free Speech” (Civilization Jihad Reader Series Volume 3)

[NOTE:  Following is a press release detailing a monograph released from the Center For Security Policy entitled “The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s Jihad on Free Speech.”  It is Volume 3 in a nine part Civilization Jihad Series

This monograph talks about the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) trying to silence and ultimately criminalize all criticism of Islam, especially in America and the West.  The OIC is working through UN resolutions, multilateral conferences and other international vehicles to advance its agenda of combating so-called “Islamophobia” and “defamation of religions,” but in practice it means banning any discussion of Islamic supremacism and its many manifestations including: jihadist terrorism, persecution of religious minorities and human rights violations committed in the name of Islam.]

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Video: “How team Obama helps the Organization of Islamic Cooperation wage jihad on freedom of expression”

8 July 2015

Samantha Nerove, sam@anelisgroup.com, (703) 504-8856

Washington, D.C.:  The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the largest Islamic organization in the world – comprised of 56 UN Member states plus the Palestinian Authority — has long been trying to silence, and ultimately criminalize, all criticism of Islam, specifically targeting America and the West.  What has largely gone unremarked is the help the OIC has received from the Obama administration to this end.

Deborah Weiss, attorney, author and expert on Islamist efforts to stifle free speech reveals in a new monograph published by the Center for Security Policy Press how the OIC is working through UN resolutions, multilateral conferences and other international vehicles to advance its agenda.  The goal of these efforts, according to the OIC’s 10-year program of action, which was launched in 2005, is to combat so-called ‘Islamophobia’ and ‘defamation of religions.’ In practice, this means banning any discussion of Islamic supremacism and its many manifestations including: jihadist terrorism, persecution of religious minorities and human rights violations committed in the name of Islam.

Upon the publication of her monograph entitled, The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s Jihad on Free Speech, Ms. Weiss remarked:

“       The Organization of Islamic Cooperation is the largest and most powerful voting bloc in the United Nations and yet most Americans have never heard of it.  Of particular concern is the OIC’s ten-year program which amounts to an international effort to suppress freedom of expression under the guise of protecting Islam from so-called ‘defamation.’ This initiative, however, is in the service of OIC’s long-term mission: the world-wide implementation of Shariah, a legal-political-judicial-religious doctrine which favors Muslims over non-Muslims, men over women, and denies basic human rights and freedoms.”

Ms. Weiss’ monograph documents how the Obama Administration has collaborated with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in ways that, whether intentional or unwitting, have advanced the OIC’s supremacist agenda.  As it happens, recently released State Department documents obtained by Judicial Watch through court-enforced Freedom of Information Act requests underscore the extent of Team Obama’s collusion with the OIC.

Specifically, these emails offer insights into how, in September 2012, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the White House worked with the OIC to fabricate a narrative that falsely blamed an online video “Innocence of Muslims” for the violent uprising at the U.S. special mission compound and CIA annex in Benghazi, Libya.

In the immediate aftermath of the attacks, the documents reveal that the Obama administration immediately went into damage-limitation mode, with a well-coordinated effort to scapegoat the video as the cause of the attack.  Rashad Hussain, President Obama’s envoy to the OIC, reached out to the Organization’s leadership urging it to condemn the “anti-Islamic film” and “its related violence” and to respond in a way that is “consistent with Islamic principles.”

The OIC readily obliged, issuing a statement accusing the video of “incitement” – though nothing in the video called for violence against Muslims – and claiming that it “hurt the religious sentiments of Muslims” and “demonstrated serious repercussions of abuse of freedom of expression.”

The effect was to reinforce the OIC’s goal to protect Islam from “defamation” instead of supporting the US Constitutional principle of free expression.

In her monograph, Ms. Weiss elucidates examples of the escalating assault on freedom of expression that the OIC has launched against the West and their implications.  She describes the critical role freedom of speech plays in preserving religious freedom, human rights and national security efforts. As she correctly points out, “If you look around the world, you will see that freedom is the exception, not the rule.”

Frank J. Gaffney, Jr., President of the Center for Security Policy, observed that:

“       Deborah Weiss’ important new book is a clarion call to Americans and their federal representatives to end all cooperation with the Islamic supremacists of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, including cessation of participation in the anti-free speech ‘Istanbul Process’ launched by Hillary Clinton during her tenure as Secretary of State. Citizens and policy-makers alike should, instead, commit themselves vigorously and unapologetically to freedom of expression – including to its employment as an indispensable weapon in the execution of a comprehensive strategy to defeat the Global Jihad Movement.”

The Center for Security Policy/Secure Freedom is proud to present Ms. Weiss’s monograph as a superb addition to its Civilization Jihad Reader Series.

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This monograph can be downloaded from its website as a PDF for free, or purchased as a printed volume or Kindle from Amazon.

The rest of the monographs in the series can be viewed at:   http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/civilization-jihad-reader-series/

“Refugee Resettlement and the Hijra to America” (Civilization Jihad Reader Series Volume 2)

[NOTE:  Following is a press release detailing a monograph released from the Center For Security Policy entitled “Refugee Resettlement and the Hijra to America.”  It is Volume 2 in a nine part Civilization Jihad Series.  

This monograph discusses the issue of the U.S. State Department stealthily relocating Muslim refugees into unsuitable rural communities all over the United States, and it details efforts to halt the process.]

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Video: “Muslim colonization of America:  The Hijra and the hijacking of America’s refugee resettlement program”

April 20, 2015

For More Information Contact:  Alex VanNess | vanness@securefreedom.org | (202) 835-9077

Washington, D.C. — Last week, the chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, wrote the Department of State demanding that it halt the resettlement of refugees in the city of Spartanburg in his district.  In his letter dated April 15, 2015, Congressman Gowdy objected to the “lack of notice, information and consultation afforded to me and my constituents” and posed seventeen pointed questions, including (as paraphrased by Politico):

— Why and when was his district approved [as a refugee resettlement site]?

— What steps were taken to notify local government officials and whether they approved the plan, and where funds for the office and the refugees will come from?

— When are the first refugees expected to arrive?

— What benefits are they entitled to?

— How many will be resettled?

— What is their country of origin?

— Who is responsible for housing, employment and education services for them?

Rep. Gowdy was particularly concerned about the security implications of this immigrant migration.  He asked: “Do any of the refugees to be resettled in the Spartanburg area have criminal convictions? If so, for what crimes has each been convicted?” And “Please explain the background-check process performed on refugees scheduled to be resettled in Spartanburg.

The necessity for such congressional oversight has been underscored by an important new monograph by Ann Corcoran entitled, “Refugee Resettlement and the Hijra to America,” which was published today as part of the Center for Security Policy’s Civilization Jihad Reader Series.

Ms. Corcoran documents that Muslim immigration as a form of jihad via colonization called hijra dates back to the time of Mohammed.  In fact, she quotes hadith sources that assert that migration is a religious obligation for Muslims to spread Islam and build the Islamic state.  She also cites longtime Libyan leader, Muammar Qaddafi, who once said that Europe would be conquered without guns and swords, but with Muslim migrants overrunning the continent.  A powerful new documentary by Martin Mawyer called “Europe’s Last Stand; America’s Final Warning”  illustrates just how accurate this prediction is proving to be.

As practiced today, the hijra strategy is an important part of a covert, pre-violent “civilization jihad” pursued by the Muslim Brotherhood.  The UN High Commission on Refugees – which, like the rest of the United Nations, is dominated by the dictates of the Islamic supremacist organization known as the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) – is complicit in the process of bringing Muslim refugees to America.  Interestingly, no Muslim refugees are ever resettled in wealthy, low-population density Islamic countries like Saudi Arabia.

Particularly troubling is the evidence that Ms. Corcoran compiles concerning the secrecy surrounding this U.S. refugee resettlement program.  She provides estimates of how many Muslim immigrants have been quietly resettled in American communities with no local input.  And she discusses the State Department’s primary targets in the United States for Muslim resettlement and showcases models to be found in communities that are resisting this program.

In her book, Ms. Corcoran recounts her personal trajectory from typical, uniformed citizen to a national authority on refugee resettlement policies and programs, the focus of her highly acclaimed blog, Refugee Resettlement Watch.  It began in 2007, when large numbers of Muslim Meskhetian Turks were quietly resettled by the U.S. State Department in her hometown in Western Maryland, prompting her to research intensively what was afoot.

Although the author and other concerned local residents succeeded in that instance in blocking the dumping of immigrants that are, as a practical matter, unlikely ever to assimilate, the episode led Ms. Corcoran to the discovery of a frightening pattern:  Across the United States, the federal government is attempting stealthily to relocate Muslim immigrants into unsuspecting and often unsuitable rural communities.  She found that the affected locals, and even states, are totally by-passed in a resettlement process effectively driven by the United Nations, with U.S. agencies playing a clearly subordinate and non-sovereign role.

In addition, Ms. Corcoran has documented how U.S. officials stubbornly refuse to answer affected communities’ questions about Muslim resettlement.  In fact, the State Department went so far as to stop holding townhalls and meetings in Washington, DC to discus after local community representatives began to attend.

Center for Security Policy President Frank Gaffney said of the new Civilization Jihad Reader:

“       Ann Corcoran’s report is required reading for anyone worried about the threat to America from the global jihad movement. She has provided shocking details of how a stealth effort by jihadists to advance their stated goal of ‘destroying Western civilization from within’ is being abetted by the U.S. government.”

“       It is to be profoundly hoped that Ms. Corcoran’s analysis will raise awareness of this problem and that, especially with the concern being expressed by influential legislators like Congressman Trey Gowdy, it will help force U.S. officials to halt a dangerous refugee resettlement program. Her suggestions about what average citizens can do to catalyze such changes amounts, moreover, to a real public service.”

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This monograph can be downloaded from its website as a PDF for free, or purchased as a printed volume or Kindle from Amazon.

The rest of the monographs in the series can be viewed at:   http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/civilization-jihad-reader-series/

“Shariah in American Courts: The Expanding Incursion of Islamic Law in the U.S. Legal System” (Civilization Jihad Reader Series Volume 1)

[NOTE:  Following is a press release detailing a monograph released from the Center For Security Policy entitled “Shariah in American Courts: The Expanding Incursion of Islamic Law in the U.S. Legal System.”  It is Volume 1 in a nine part Civilization Jihad Series.  

This monograph documents 146 court cases in 32 states where it was was attempted to resolve matters using Sharia law rather than the statues of the States in question.  It explains that the surge in such cases is the result of the activism of Muslim Brotherhood-tied groups like the Association of Muslim Jurists of America (AMJA), and it also explains that Tennessee, Louisiana, Arizona, Kansas, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Washington and Alabama have adopted ALAC’s prohibitions against the use of such foreign laws in their respective state courts if they are at odds with constitutional rights or state public policy.]

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5 January 2015

(Washington, D.C.):  Center for Security Policy Press today launched a collection of monographs called the Civilization Jihad Reader Series with the publication of an update to an earlier and highly influential study concerning the insinuation of Islam’s supremacist shariah legal code into the U.S. judiciary.  Entitled “Shariah in American Courts: The Expanding Incursion of Islamic Law in the U.S. Legal System,” this inaugural booklet documents 146 cases in 32 states in which a party to litigation attempted to have the matter resolved by applying shariah, rather than the statutes of the state in question.

The Center first raised an alarm about the penetration of American jurisprudence by one of the most anti-constitutional of such foreign legal codes with its 2011 report, “Shariah Law and American State Courts: An Assessment of State Appellate Court Cases.”  That study examined a sample of fifty cases and found that in twenty-seven of them, in twenty-three different states, the courts in question allowed the use of shariah, generally to the detriment of women and/or children whose rights under our Constitution were infringed.

With the bedrock of the American Republic being the U.S. Constitution and individual state constitutions derived therefrom, these analyses provide insights into how our own legal system can be – and is being – used as a mechanism to anchor and expand in this country shariah, an ideology wholly at odds with such documents and, more generally, irreconcilable with freedom and democracy.

Most Americans take the rule of law and our constitutional rights for granted.  Yet, Shariah in American Courts is a reminder of how even institutions like our judiciary can be influenced – and potentially subverted – by foreign legal codes and practices, to the grave detriment of our nation and liberties.

This monograph also suggests that the effort to invoke shariah in U.S. courts is expanding.  Worse yet, the total number of such cases is surely far larger in light of the fact that the proceedings of the vast majority of them are not published.

As the new monograph establishes, moreover, there is reason to believe that the surge in such cases is the result of the activism of Muslim Brotherhood-tied groups like the Association of Muslim Jurists of America (AMJA).  The Brotherhood is an Islamic supremacist organization whose mission according to its secret plan (The Explanatory Memorandum on the General Strategic Goal of the Group in North America), is to “destroy Western Civilization from within.”

The good news is that, at least at the appellate level, judges appear increasingly to be rejecting the use of shariah in their courtrooms.  A contributing factor to these rulings may be the rising awareness in the judiciary of what is afoot, thanks to the adoption in numerous states of legislation drawing upon a model statute known as “American Laws for American Courts” (ALAC).

While the average citizen of this country would assume it to be the case that only laws derived from or consistent with our Constitution would be applied in U.S. courts at both the federal and state level, the evidence that foreign laws – including, but not limited to, shariah – are encroaching has moved legislatures across the country to act.  Tennessee, Louisiana, Arizona, Kansas, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Washington and Alabama have adopted ALAC’s prohibitions against the use of such foreign laws in their respective state courts if they are at odds with constitutional rights or state public policy.  (Florida also enacted in 2014 a version of this legislation).

In unveiling the release of the Center for Security Press’ newest publication, the Center’s President Frank J. Gaffney, Jr., observed:

“       The Center is delighted to be putting a spotlight on the Muslim Brotherhood’s stealthy, pre-violent jihad in America.  It behooves each of us to become knowledgeable about the presence in our judicial system – and, for that matter, in other civil society and governing institutions – of forces seeking the destruction of our Republic.”

The Civilization Jihad Reader Series is intended not only to provide factual evidence of the extent to which this attempt to destroy us from within is advancing, but what patriots can do to prevent it.  We recommend as a step towards countering the subversion of our legal system the adoption by every state in the Union of “American Laws for American Courts.”

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This monograph can be downloaded from its website as a PDF for free, or purchased as a printed volume or Kindle from Amazon.

The rest of the monographs in the series can be viewed at:   http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/civilization-jihad-reader-series/

A mother of three children was abducted and raped in England by a gang of six migrants from Iraq, Syria and Bahrain after her drink was spiked

Image from BigStockPhoto.

Following is a summary of this DailyMail article:  

[Note: March 13, 2020— The text of this article has been re-written.]

A mother of three children in Sunderland, Britain was drugged and raped by a gang of migrants on September 4, sparking violent demonstrations.

The 26 year old woman awoke in a strange house with cuts and bruises having been sexually assaulted, realizing her drink had been spiked the night before.  She managed to leave the house and get to a family member’s house at around 5am on Sunday morning.

The article reported that the police arrested six “Asian” men aged between 20 and 30, from Iraq, Syria, and Bahrain for the attack.  (The European media often refers to people of Middle Eastern decent as “Asian.”)  The men are out on bail until October 17.

The article also mentioned that “far-right” activists organized a protest for six days in the city after the attack where windows at the house where the attack took place were smashed, and the protesters clashed with counter protesters “led by the Asian community.”  Two “Asian” men were injured and five protesters were arrested for public fighting.

A Maryland high school adopted a gender-neutral homecoming court, so there might be no ‘king’ or ‘queen’

Following is information summarized from this Washington Post article:

Students at a Maryland high school have adopted a “gender-neutral” homecoming court, meaning it could potentially include two boys, two girls, transgender students, or a boy-girl duo.  Students in each grade will vote for two classmates from a ballot of finalists with the top vote-getters crowned during the school’s homecoming football game, regardless of gender.

Jacob Rains, president of the schoolwide Student Government Association said, “It provides an opportunity for all students to be involved in something that was exclusionary… It is really not our job, especially with a gender-neutral and transgender population at B-CC, to tell people that boys have to be kings and girls have to be queens.  Who are we to put people into those categories?”

A Syrian migrant in Germany is on trial for throwing his children out of a window

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Following is a summary of this DW article:

Trail has started for a Syrian migrant in Germany who threw his three children out of a first story window during an argument with his wife, seriously injuring them.  In the argument he was apparently frustrated with his wife for her “refusing to accept the roles she had back home,” leading to him grabbing their three children and throwing them out the window, causing them to suffer skull fractures, broken bones, and a liver contusion.  His children are aged 1, 5, and 7.

The unnamed 36 year old man is charged with three counts of attempted murder and grievous bodily harm.  When he entered the courtroom he had his T-shirt pulled over his head to hide his face, and he kneeled on the floor handcuffed.

Also, in January the man beat his wife with a saucepan, leading to him being arrested and given an order not to enter the premises for ten days, but his wife gave in and let him return after a few days.

Islamists are recruiting underage migrants in German asylum homes

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Following is a summary of this Breitbart article:

The German government has released new statistics showing that radical Salafist Muslim preachers are increasingly attempting to recruit underage migrants, and the German Federal Police has announced that the number of migrants that are suspected of terrorist links or radicalization has also increased.

Statistics from the German Interior Ministry show that at least 340 cases have been recorded of Salafist preachers recruiting underage migrants since October of last year, with over half of those cases occurring in or around asylum centers.  The Salafist groups don’t show up at the centers openly preaching, but rather they use giving aid as a front for their activities, such as by distributing food and religious items like prayer mats and Qurans, and they also give cash to the migrants.

The German Federal Police (BKA) chief Holger Münch has spoken to the media saying that at the moment they count 523 investigations of migrants suspected of terrorist links, up from 501 in June.  He assured the public that his police had already arrested 80 Muslims linked to ISIS and other terror groups, and the remaining suspects are under observation with the police having a “coordinated action plan” to deal with the threat.

Also, the chief of the Frankfurt police Wolfgang Trusheim said earlier this month that children raised by Salafist preachers or Salafist parents were a long term danger to German security.

The Washington state Macy’s shooter has been arrested, he is an immigrant from Turkey

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[Note: March 13, 2020— Arian Cetin had apparently hanged himself in his jail cell in April of 2017.]

Following is a summary of this DailyMail article

The day after he killed five people at a shopping mall in Burlington, Washington, Arian Cetin, 20, was arrested near his home on Saturday night.  He is being charged with five counts of murder.

Cetin took three guns from his father before heading to Macy’s, where his ex-girlfriend once worked, but she quit several months ago and was not at the mall at the time of the shooting.  He opened fire for about one minute, then set the rifle down on the counter and walked away.

Authorities report he was apprehended 30 miles from the scene of the crime in a “zombie-like state” on Saturday evening.  Police lieutenant Mike Hawley responded to tips from the community and spotted Cetin, who he immediately recognized.  “I literally hit my brakes, did a quick turn, I jumped out,” Hawley said. “He just froze.”

Cetin, who immigrated to the US from Turkey, is a legal permanent resident.  He has been arrested once before in the county for assault, and the Seattle times reports that Cetin’s criminal record includes three domestic violence charges.

Classmates who knew Cetin at Oak Harbor High School said he was known for harassing girls in middle school and high school.

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Sarai Lara, Belinda Galde, Beatrice Dotson
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Chuck Eagan, Shayla Martin

— Sarai Lara, 16, was a cancer survivor who battled the disease as a young child.  Her mother, Evangelina, was shopping with her and they split up to go into different stores.  Evangelina desperately tried to get to her daughter but was blocked from entering the store, and seven hours later it was confirmed that Sarai, who had just applied for a job at Denny’s to support her family, was one of the victims.

— Belinda Galde, 64, and her 95-year-old mother Beatrice Dotson were both killed in the cosmetics section.  Galde was an employee with the Snohomish Country District Court since 1989.  A statement issued by the court said she was an “amazingly kind and caring individual” who helped thousands of probationers find a better way to live.

— Chuck Eagan, a father with two daughters, had been at the mall with his wife when the shots rang out.  He and his wife began to run but she fell down, and he was shot when he stopped to try to help her.  He was a Boeing employee who was about to retire.

— Shayla Martin, 52, was working behind the makeup counter at the Macy’s cosmetics department when she was killed.  Her sister said “She was so sweet.  She was just very independent.  She wanted to make her own way.  She didn’t want to rely on anyone else.”