National Guard, Lakanwal and Afghanistan
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The Nov. 26 attack left both the National Guard members in critical condition, according to FBI Director Kash Patel.
The suspect of the shooting, which unfolded near the White House, was reportedly identified as a 29-year-old Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe laid blame on former President Joe Biden, claiming his withdrawal from Afghanistan led to the shooters entry to the United States.
Who is the National Guard shooting suspect and what happened in DC? - A 29-year-old Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal has been named in US media as the suepect of the attack
Republicans were sounding the alarm about the vetting of Afghans who entered the U.S. under the Biden administration's "Operation Allies Welcome" program back in October 2021—the same initiative that gave entry to Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the suspect in the D.C. shooting of two National Guard troops, a month earlier.
Authorities have identified 29-year-old Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal as the suspect arrested in the shooting of two West Virginia National Guard members in Washington, D.C.
Right wing commentator Nick Fuentes is pushing his own angle on the brutal Washington DC shooting that left two National Guard members dead.Fuentes claimed that the suspect Rahmanullah Lakanwal was not some hidden "Taliban fanatic" but a longtime collaborator of the United States military.
Rahmanullah Lakanwal is suspected of shooting two National Guard members in Washington, DC. Both service members were critically injured in the attack. Lakanwal, an Afghan national, entered the US in 2021.