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John Allen Muhammad

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    Allen Muhammad was the mastermind behind the 2002 sniper attacks that killed 10 people in the Washington, D.C., area. Muhammad and his accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, were both convicted of a total of seven murders in Maryland and they were also suspected of fatal   from CBS News Read more »

  • Does revenge help anyone?

    2002, Lee Boyd Malvo and John Allen Muhammad, known as the D.C. Snipers, terrorized the citizens of six states and Washington, D.C., by shooting and murdering ten people as part of an Islamic jihad. Because some of the murders were committed in the nation’s   from AlterNet.org Read more »

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    Roush rules that Malvo can face the death penalty if convicted. October 22, 2003 - Malvo is brought into court during John Allen Muhammad's Prince William County, Maryland trial so he can be identified by witnesses from shootings in Alabama and Maryland to   from CNN Read more »

  • Why we should ban assault weapons

    2002, John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo terrorized the Washington region for three weeks by firing bullets at innocent people in parking lots and at gas stations, ultimately killing 10 people and wounding three others. They used a Bushmaster XM-15 E2S   from Baltimore Sun Read more »

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About John Allen Muhammad

John Allen Muhammad (b. December 31, 1960) is a spree killer from the United States. With his younger partner, Lee Boyd Malvo, he carried out the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks, killing 10 people. Muhammad and Malvo were arrested in connection with the attacks on October 24, 2002, following tips from alert citizens. Born John Allen Williams, Mohammad converted to Islam in 1987 and later changed his surname. Drawings by Malvo describe the killing spree as part of a "jihad" (holy war). At Muhammad's trial, the prosecutor claimed that the rampage was part of a plot to kill his ex-wife and regain custody of his children, but the judge ruled that there was insufficient evidence to support this argument.

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