An activist
linked to the international hackers' collective Anonymous tipped off
police in Garland, Texas, about an eminent attack on an anti-Islam event
two days before it happened - but the red flag went unnoticed.
Police
and the FBI say Elton Simpson, 30, and his roommate, 34-year-old Nadir
Soofi, from Phoenix, Arizona, opened fire Sunday evening on an unarmed
security guard outside a contest featuring cartoons of the Prophet
Muhammad.
The
deliberately provocative contest had been expected to draw outrage from
the Muslim community. According to mainstream Islamic tradition, any
physical depiction of the Prophet Muhammad — even a respectful one — is
considered blasphemous, and drawings similar to those featured at the
Texas event have sparked violence around the world.
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