{"id":38449,"date":"2020-02-02T23:26:41","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T23:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/02\/02\/al-qaida-in-yemen-claims-deadly-shooting-at-floridas-naval-air-station-pensacola\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:51:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:51:48","slug":"al-qaida-in-yemen-claims-deadly-shooting-at-floridas-naval-air-station-pensacola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2020\/02\/02\/al-qaida-in-yemen-claims-deadly-shooting-at-floridas-naval-air-station-pensacola\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Qaida in Yemen claims deadly shooting at Florida\u2019s Naval Air Station Pensacola"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CAIRO \u2014 Al-Qaida\u2019s branch in Yemen claimed responsibility Sunday for last year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/12\/06\/active-shooter-at-nas-pensacola-reported-dead\/\" target=_blank>deadly shooting at the Naval Air Station Pensacola<\/a> by an aviation student from Saudi Arabia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shooter, 2nd Lt. Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, was a member of the Saudi Air Force in training at the base. He opened fire inside a classroom at the base on Dec. 6, killing three people and wounding two sheriff\u2019s deputies before one of the deputies killed him. Eight others were also hurt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, released a video claiming the attack. SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks messaging by militant groups, reported the claim. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AQAP has long been considered the global network\u2019s most dangerous branch and has attempted to carry out attacks on the U.S. mainland. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/01\/13\/fbi-some-saudi-military-students-being-removed-from-us-post-pensacola-shooting\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BARR-MAIN.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">FBI: Some Saudi military students being removed from US post-Pensacola shooting<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced the Saudi students\u2019 removal Monday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 18-minute video did not provide evidence of training the shooter, but did indicate that Alshamrani and AQAP were in communication, said Rita Katz, director of SITE. It was not clear when the video was recorded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The video claimed that Alshamrani had been planning for years to attack a U.S. base, and had been training and \u201cselecting\u201d targets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The video, which was viewed by The Associated Press, provided a will written by Alshamrani to his family in September 2019, three months prior to attack. He said he wanted to attack the U.S., citing religious reasons. However, he made no mention of al-Qaida. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Foreign nationals participating in U.S. training go through a vetting process. 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