A supermarket was attacked in the US state of New York yesterday. 10 people were killed in the attack by 18-year-old Payton Gendron. Authorities stated that 11 of the 13 people targeted by the attacker were black, and that this incident was a racist attack. Police are examining the online manifesto of the attacker, who broadcast the attack live. The expressions that appeared in the published manifesto also revealed that the attacker was an enemy of the Turks. On the other hand, the secret of the letter ‘N’ and the number ’14’ written in white on the barrel of the gun used in the attack was revealed.
10 PEOPLE LOSE LIVES
Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown announced that 10 people were killed and 3 injured in the attack that took place at a supermarket yesterday afternoon.
It was stated that 4 of the people who were shot were working in a supermarket, and a retired policeman, who was a security guard and tried to intervene the attacker, was among the dead.
ITS IDENTIFICATION
The attacker was identified as an 18-year-old white male named Payton Gendron. Eyewitnesses shared that the attacker wore military-style clothes and armor.
“THE EVENT IS A RACIST ATTACK”
Authorities said that 11 of the 13 people targeted by the attacker, who came from outside the city of Buffalo, were black. Stating that the attacker entered the supermarket with a rifle and opened fire, the authorities stated that the incident was a racist attack and a hate crime investigation was launched into the attack.
LIVE THE ATTACK
It turned out that the suspect broadcast the attack, which was stated to be made with a racist motive, live on the social media platform Twitch. After the attack, the social media platform Twitch announced that it had removed the footage.
MANIFESTO IS BEING REVIEWED
In addition, the police announced that they were examining the manifesto, which was thought to belong to the attacker and published on the Internet.
According to the US media, the manifesto, which is 180 pages and believed to have been written by the attacker, states that “political elites are using immigration and other policies to reduce the white population, and the aggressor’s plan to kill as many blacks as possible” is included. In the manifesto, the aggressor describes himself as a “fascist, white supremacist and racist”.
It is stated in the attacker’s manifesto that he started browsing the “4chan” website out of boredom during the pandemic in 2020, and first encountered guns and then infographics advocating white supremacy on the site.
ENEMY OF TURKISH IS OUT
Stating that he did not consider Turks and Italians as the ‘white race’, the attacker said on page 54 of the manifesto that “Turks may be white by race, but because they are 99 percent Muslim, they are occupiers, therefore they are not considered white.” On the death list on page 165 of the manifesto, President Tayyip Erdoğan, London’s Muslim Mayor Sadiq Khan and Hungarian-born US businessman George Soros were also included.
THE SECRET OF THE LETTER ‘N’ AND THE NUMBERS ’14’ REVEALED
On the other hand, in the details shared by the authorities, it was recorded that the attacker used a semi-automatic weapon and the word “N” and the number 14 were written in white on the barrel of the gun.
Speaking to a local newspaper called Buffalo News, an official said that the number 14 on the gun refers to the 14-word phrase “We must secure the existence of our people and the future of whites,” popular with white supremacists.
The official stated that this statement was attributed to David Lane, a member of a “terrorist organization” called “The Order”, which advocates for white supremacy.