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Kosovo Albanian Confesses To Killing U.S. Airmen
August 31, 2011
A Kosovo Albanian man has confessed to shooting dead two U.S. airmen and wounding two others at Frankfurt airport in March.
The man, 21-year-old Arid Uka, told a German court on August 31 that he was inspired by Islamic extremist propaganda on the Internet.
He confessed to shooting U.S. airmen at point-blank range as they prepared to board a bus at Frankfurt airport, saying he wanted revenge for U.S. operations in Afghanistan.
Prosecutors have said there is no evidence he was part of an organized terrorist network.
compiled from agency reports
Copyright (c) 2011. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036.
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