Details have emerged about the 18-year-old attacker named Arda K. who attacked and injured 5 people sitting in the tea garden next to Tepebaşı Mosque in Tepebaşı district of Eskişehir. According to the news in Sabah; Arda K. wore an assault vest with the "Black Sun" symbol, which is related to Nazis in the computer game called Call Of Duty, on Monday evening. He attacked and injured people sitting in the tea garden with an axe and a knife tied to his waist. He also live-streamed these moments with a helmet camera. NO CONNECTION WITH ANY ORGANIZATIONArda K., who was neutralized by the security forces, was taken into custody and it was learned that the treatment of 2 seriously injured and 5 injured citizens, who were taken to Eskişehir City Hospital, is ongoing. In the investigation launched after the attack; it was reported that Arda K., whose parents work as workers in a factory, has no connection with any terrorist organization. HE CALLED HIMSELF "THE CLEANER"Arda K., who is claimed to be addicted to computer games and carried out the attack under the influence of these games, had expressions in a blog post titled "Mass Cleaner Handbook" before the attack, stating that he planned the attack step by step. Arda K., who called himself "The Cleaner" and "Aziz", had writings guiding others to attack, expressing anger towards many groups and ideologies such as refugees, LGBT individuals, feminists, communists, and Marxists. HIS IDOLS ARE TERRORISTS WHO STAINED THE WORLD WITH BLOODIt was observed that Arda K., who idolized the perpetrators of attacks that caused great losses in various countries, mentioned Timothy McVeigh, the main perpetrator of the attack in Oklahoma City in 1995, which caused the death of 168 people and the injury of 680 people with 2.5 tons of explosives, in the paragraph just below he wrote in red "Mass human death" note drew attention. THE SAME METHOD AS THE NEW ZEALAND MONSTERIt was determined that Arda K. also pursued a strategy very similar to the terrorist Brenton Tarrant, who attacked two mosques in New Zealand in 2019, causing the death of 51 people and the injury of 49 people. Tarrant also wrote down his plans before the attack, live-streamed the attack, and used the swastika. It is noteworthy that the young attacker described the attacks, which he organized according to the method, target, type, and weapon to be used, as a game.
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