The shootings and prolonged manhunt convulsed the normally bustling but serene community of Lewiston, a former textile hub and the second-most populous city in Maine.
In response to this demand, the National Security Ministry has augmented the firearm approval department by adding 60 more employees.
Unverified videos on social media showed scenes of chaos, with people, including children, running out of the doors of the mall while security guards ushered them out.
The footage shown saw Ford-Theriot throwing ketchup packets and other items at the customers before she brought a gun to the scene.
Five people were killed and one person was moderately injured in a shooting incident in the northern town of Basmat Tabun.
Over 179 people have been killed in the Arab sector since the beginning of 2023, according to the Abraham Initiatives.
The shooter had parked on campus and was donning gloves and a vest when students saw him and summoned campus police.
The US Justice Department is investigating the shooting as “a hate crime and an act of racially-motivated violent extremism."
Gun violence has been the number one cause of death for children in the United States since 2020.
The faith groups argue that preventing convicted domestic abusers from accessing firearms is not only consistent with the Second Amendment, but also a matter of religious urgency.
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