We’re learning more about the suspect in the terrorist attack that took place earlier in Washington, D.C., that sent two members of the West Virginia National Guard to the hospital, where they are listed as being in critical condition.
The attack, which investigators are describing as a targeted ambush, reportedly took place just blocks from the White House, around 2:15 pm Eastern time.
As we previously reported, D.C. Metro Police Department Executive Assistant Chief Jeff Carroll told reporters during a D.C. presser that “At approximately 2:15 this afternoon, members of the National Guard were on high visibility patrols in the area of 17th and I Street NW when a suspect came around the corner, raised his arm with the firearm, and discharged at the National Guard members.”
As for the suspect, he’s said to be an Afghan national by the name of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who came here in September 2021 in the aftermath of the disastrous, deadly Afghanistan withdrawal, with a paper trail that points directly to Joe Biden.
Lakanwal allegedly yelled, “Allahu akbar!” during the attack: