San Diego attackers' hate manifesto targeted many groups, sought 'destruction of political system,' sources say

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The gunman who killed three people at the San Diego Islamic Center left behind a 75-page document that preached hate, anti-Islam and antisemitism and promoted violence and chaos, law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation told The Times.The manifesto was titled “The New Crusade: Sons of Tarrant” and made reference to Brenton Tarrant, who killed 51 people and injured 89 more in an attack on a mosque and an Islamic center in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019, the sources said.The Times has reviewed the writings, which the sources said espoused hate toward Muslims, Jews, Blacks and Latinos and the LGBTQ+ community.The sources comment anonymously because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the case.Investigators are trying to determine a motive for the Monday attack, which they have classified as a likely hate crime.

They have been interviewing family and friends of the suspects, who died of self-inflicted wounds as police closed in on them, and probed their digital footprint.Although authorities have not named the suspects, sources have identified them as Cain Clark and Caleb Vazquez.The Times found social media accounts under the usernames Cain identified as his and those link to accounts showing school shootings as video games, and show the user dressed in camouflage, a skull mask, before a Confederate flag wearing emblems associated with Nazism ideology.Mark Remily, FBI special agent in charge of the San Diego office, said the suspects left behind writings “outlining religious and racial beliefs about how the world they envision should look like.”But officials didn’t provide any details about the writings or ideology, adding that they were still going through electronic devices and examining the suspects’ online presence to determine how they were radicalized.Federal officials also executed three search warrants, which resulted in the discov...