Shooter denies Holocaust in video of attack
Dressed in combat gear, the attacker was also wearing a helmet with a camera, which he used to livestream the attack on Amazon’s streaming platform Twitch.
During the 35-minute video, the assailant ranted against feminism and said that the Holocaust had never happened, as well as shouting xenophobic and other misogynistic statements.
The original live-stream was quickly removed from the site, Twitch said in a statement.
“We worked with urgency to remove this content and will permanently suspend any accounts found to be posting or reposting content of this abhorrent act,” the gaming platform said in a Tweet.
Technical failures saved lives
The shooter used multiple weapons, including homemade bombs and what appears to be a homemade rifle. He experienced repeated technical failures during the attack, which ultimately saved lives
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