Terrorism Link in Killing of 2 US Troops at German Airport

The Takeaway

Two United States airmen were shot and killed when a gunman opened fire on an American military bus at the Frankfurt, Germany airport, Wednesday. Two others were wounded. German prosecutors say the attack appears to motivated by Islamic extremism. The shooter has been identified as a 21-year-old ethnic Albanian Muslim from Kosovo who was raised in Germany and is a German citizen. For more on the developing story is New York Times reporter, Jack Ewing.

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