Colorado, United States.
The young man accused of a dozen homicides in one Colorado supermarket appeared Thursday for first time in front of a judge who ordered to continue his arrest during the rest of the process.
Dressed in a dress purple prisoner, in a wheelchair and one mask per protect yourself from covid-19, Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, de 21 years, Heard Judge Thomas Mulvahill read his rights, to which he responded briefly. “Yes” to indicate that he understood.
Coming from a family of Syrian immigrants, Alissa was charged by the shot dead ten people Monday at a business in Boulder, in the western United States.
“We will present additional charges in the coming weeks, “a prosecutor’s representative told the judge.
Defendant’s attorney asked to delay the next hearing to have time to “Assessing mental health” of your client.
“We cannot begin to assess the nature and depth of the mental illness of Alissa until we have the evidence gathered by the government, ”he noted.
Some relatives of the defendant, the reasons are unknown, said it was “Paranoid” i “patia mental disorders “.
He is accused of setting fire to the supermarket car park King Soopers and inside the store, killing a ten people, including a police officer who arrived as support.
The attacker was arrestedor after being wounded in the leg.
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The shooting, which took place just after another blood bath in massage parlors in and around Atlanta that left eight dead, revived the recurring debate in the United Statess about weapons.
After these tragedies, the Democratic president, Joe Biden, Called for a ban on assault rifles and “common sense” measures to better regulate purchasing and carrying weapons.
However, it seems unlikely at this stage that he will be able to count on the will of the Congress for their cause.