Islamic State supporters celebrated the Chattanooga shooting on Twitter Thursday after Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez shot up two military offices leaving four U.S. Marines dead.
ISIS Twitter accounts cheered Abdulazeez – posted photos, threats and congratulations.
#ISIS accounts on #Twitter celebrate #ChattanoogaShooting; Post images, threats & adorations;No official claim though pic.twitter.com/lFFrOMazq9
— Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) July 16, 2015
Pro #ISIS twitter accounts celebrate the horrific #ChattanoogaShooting that left four US Marines dead. #Chattanooga pic.twitter.com/3C5oAlzLhe
— Israel News Flash (@ILNewsFlash) July 17, 2015
The man pictured in the tweets with Chattanooga killer Abdulazeez is the ISIS fighter behind Riyadh bomb attack.
#KSA: as expected, #IS's #Najd Province has just claimed tonight's attack in #Riyadh. pic.twitter.com/1KIs1F8xfV
— Charlie Winter (@charliewinter) July 16, 2015
One Islamist changed his profile picture to Abdulazeez.
Please Follow n Support our sisters
@BintSomaliyaa8
@UmmHussain_10
@UmmTalhah_10
@BintRose23__
@Ummwaqqas1
jazakAllahu khair
— Umm Omer Albani (@dawlah203) July 16, 2015
In the daily ISIS bulletin there was a claim for the Riyadh suicide bombing attack but NO MENTION or claim of Chattanooga attack.
In official #IS daily news, claim for #Riyadh attack is reiterated, but NO mention, let alone claim, of #Chattanooga. pic.twitter.com/nrsCN2hc0S
— Charlie Winter (@charliewinter) July 17, 2015