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Officials are reportedly investigating whether Taliban blackmailed national guard shooting Rehmanullah Lakanwal is suspected of carrying out this Attack near the White House last week in which one soldier died and seriously injured another,
lakanwalFarragut, an Afghan national arrested after allegedly firing at guard soldiers outside the West Metro station, served in US-backed forces fighting the Taliban in his home country.
Investigators are looking into whether threats against his remaining family in Afghanistan were used to force him to open fire.
An intelligence source said, “This is by no means our only line of inquiry.” told The Daily Beast. “People in this country have no idea the level of stress these people are under. Most of them have families at home, and if the Taliban can’t reach them, they are making it clear that they will go after their families.”
Lakanwal, 29, was examined several times before settling in the US came to the country in 2021 Afghans are being resettled under the Biden administration program, including those who served with the US military. The Trump administration had granted asylum to Lakanwal this year.
Prosecutors accused the 29-year-old man of driving across the country in a Hyundai sedan from his home in Washington state and Using .357-caliber The revolver to fire at US Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, who later died of her injuries, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, who remains in critical condition.
Authorities say an observer guard was talking to soldiers when the shooting occurred and said he heard Lakanwal yell “Allahu Akbar”, Arabic for “God is great”.
According to prosecutors, the supervisor returned fire, striking Lakanwal, who was subdued and arrested.
Police, National Guard troops and Secret Service agents with long guns quickly arrived at the scene of the shooting, which took place at a busy subway station a short distance from the White House.
Before the alleged attack, Lakanwal reportedly worked as a Delivery Driver in Bellingham, WashingtonTo support his wife and five children, while suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Others who aided the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan have faced reprisals around the world, an intelligence source told The Daily Beast, including an Afghan Special Forces fighter whose family was killed by the Taliban after fleeing the country to Germany.
Independent Washington, D.C., police departments, the Justice Department and the FBI have been contacted for comment on the investigation of Lacanval, who is charged with first-degree murder and could face the death penalty.
On Tuesday, he made his first appearance in court over video feed from his hospital bed and pleaded not guilty.
His next court appearance is in January.
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After the shooting, the Trump administration Vows to “permanently stop” migration from all “third world” countries, and is All pending asylum decisions have since been put on hold and all immigration applications from 19 countries have been put on holdSelect nations that were already under travel restrictions.
administration is Consideration of extending the ban to 32 countries,
National Guard troops were in Washington this summer and the shootings prompted the Trump administration to order an additional deployment of 500 people there.