ISIS Claims Responsibility For Cartoon Exhibition Attack in TEXAS

The Islamic State has reportedly declared it was behind the attack in Garland, Texas, via its Al Bayan radio station.

The Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) made a statement on Tuesday, claiming this was the terrorist group’s first attack on US soil. The IS added that two of its “soldiers” had attempted to carry out an attack as the exhibit was “portraying negative pictures of the Prophet Mohammed,” AFP reported.

The jihadist group warned that this could be start of a terror campaign that will be “bigger and more bitter.”

Both gunman were shot and killed in a parking lot outside the venue, which was hosting a controversial art event depicting images of the Prophet Mohammed.

The shooters were named as roommates Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi, from Phoenix. It emerged that Simpson had been under surveillance since 2006. In 2011, he was convicted of committing a terror-related offense after lying to FBI agents about his desire to travel to Somalia and join jihadist militia.

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