Catholic Church shooter in Minneapolis made fun of Christ and exalted Satanism before the attack

The man who He murdered two children and wounded 17 other people In the shooting in a Catholic Church in Minneapolis (United States) he published a video on YouTube before the attack, in which he showed an anti -Christian motivation for murders and an affinity with authors of massacres, Satanism, anti -Semitism and racism.

Robin Westman – who was born “Robert” and identified as a transgender woman – died for suicide on Wednesday, August 27, after shooting through the windows of the Catholic Church of the Annunciation During a week during the week. Most parishioners were children who attend parish elementary school adjacent to the temple.

You tease Christ and winks to Satanism

In a video published before the attack – which YouTube has already removed from its platform – the attacker showed a written apology for his friends and family, but clarified that “they are the only people to whom I apologize” and then despised the children he planned to kill.

Westman wrote that he had “desired this for so long” and acknowledged: “I’m not well. I’m not in my bockals. I am a sad person, tormented by these thoughts that do not disappear. I know this is wrong, but I can’t stop.”

During the recording, he focused an image of Jesus Christ with the crown of thorns stuck in the head of a human -shaped shot. The photo of Christ had underneath the text: “He came to pay a debt that should not because we owe a debt that we cannot pay.” Westman laughed while showing the goal of shooting and then directed the camera to anti -Christian messages and drawings in their weapons and chargers.

Some messages said: “Where is your God?”, “Where is you (rudeness) God now? ” And “Do you believe in God?”, In addition to “((rudeness) Everything you represent. “In a rifle wrote” Take and eat all of Him “, in mockery of Jesus’ words at the Last Supper and Eucharistic Prayer at each Mass.

Westman drew an inverted staff in one of the loaders, symbol used in Satanism and other occult practices, as well as the number “666”. He also drew an inverted cross in the gun cannon, a traditional Christian symbol that the Satanists have co -opted.

Affinity for authors of massacres, anti -Semitism and racism

Westman wrote in his weapons the names of about a dozen mass murderers, highlighting “Rupnow” in reference to Natalie Rupnow, the attacker of the Christian School Abundant Life.

One of the repeated names several times in loaders and rifles was that of the Norwegian neo -Nazi Anders Behring Breivik, responsible for the massacre that left 77 dead and 319 wounded. It also included the author of the massacre in the Mosques de Christchurch, Brenton Harrison Tarrant; to the murderer of Sandy Hook, Adam Lanza; and the Atacker of Aurora’s cinema, James Holmes.

Several messages were openly anti -Semitic, such as “6 million were not enough”, referring to the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust. In a smoke grenade he wrote “Jewish gas”, another reference to genocide. There were also messages against Israel and against various ethnic and racial groups.

Among them, insults to Hispanos, the phrase “Nuke India” (bombard India) and “Remove Kebab” (eliminate kebab), a meme against Arabs and Muslims. Another message referred to a meme that ridicule black people. There were also death threats against former president Donald Trump.

A charger was written “for the Kids” (for children) and another “Mashallah” (Arab expression that means “God has wanted it”). It also included references to memes and two allusions to the film Joker.

Worrying association between satanism and racism in other shootings

In his video, Westman once showed the “OK” -shaped hand signal while exhibiting his weapons. This seemed to be a reference to the attacker of Christian school Abundant Life, Rupnow, who published an image making the same gesture before his attack.

Although the use of the “OK” signal is usually harmless, it has also been adopted by some white supremacists as a symbol of its ideology.

Researchers who tracked Rupnow’s social networks discovered that the 15 -year -old attacker was deeply involved in online communities that promote neo -Nazis, racist and satanic beliefs, according to a Wisconsin Watch and Propublica Joint Report. These communities also encourage violence and some have praised the mass shootings.

One of the communities mentioned in the joint report was “764”, a satanic neo -Nazi group linked to The order of the nine anglesanother neo -Nazi satanic network. Several people related to these communities have been arrested for sexually manipulating and exploiting minors online. In several cases, members of these networks urged people to hurt or even commit suicide.

In April of this year, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) advertisement The arrest of two leaders of “764”, accused of directing a “global child exploitation company.” According to the DOJ, they forced their victims to commit acts of self -harm and practiced psychological torment and extreme violence against minors.

Although Westman directly mentioned Rupnow and used rhetoric that promoted both Satanism and neo -Nazi ideology, so far there is no direct evidence that links it to these communities.

Translated and adapted by ACI Press. Originally published in CNA.