Deputy assistant director of the FBI’s counterterrorism division Chris Raia has stated that the attack carried out by Shamsud-Din Jabbar was a “premeditated evil act of terrorism”, and that the former veteran “acted alone”.

Addressing the press conference, Raia confirmed: “First and foremost, let me be very clear about this point. This was an act of terrorism. It was premeditated and an evil act.

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