(NL Times) Suspect Gökmen T. wrote references to Islam, Sharia and Allah on the firearm used to commit a mass shooting in Utrecht in March last year, “reliable sources” told RTL Nieuws. Soon after the shooting on 24 Oktoberplein on March 18th, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) revealed that text was written on the weapon, but never said what it stated.
According to RTL’s sources, the following was written on the firearm and silencer, translated from Dutch: “Those who follow Sharia go to paradise. Who follows democracy goes to hell. You kill people who are Muslims. And Allah lets me kill you …”
The text corresponds to a note found in what is believed to be T.’s getaway car. That note read, translated from Dutch: “I do this for my faith. You kill Muslims and you want to take our faith away from us, but you will not succeed. Allah is great.”
