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| Masked intruder enters elementary school in Utah, bomb squad and snipers at scene (VIDEO) | |
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| A masked man ordered children be evacuated at Eagle Valley Elementary School in Eagle Mountain, Utah, so that "no one will get hurt." The threat has prompted bomb squad and sniper-armed police to the scene, where evacuations are underway. | A masked man ordered children be evacuated at Eagle Valley Elementary School in Eagle Mountain, Utah, so that "no one will get hurt." The threat has prompted bomb squad and sniper-armed police to the scene, where evacuations are underway. |
| All children are off the school premises, Assistant to the Superintendent of the Alpine School District Kimberly Bird told KSTU. | All children are off the school premises, Assistant to the Superintendent of the Alpine School District Kimberly Bird told KSTU. |
| Bird told the local Fox affiliate that a man wearing a mask entered the school office shortly after 2:00pm, warning, "Evacuate the kids and no one will get hurt." | Bird told the local Fox affiliate that a man wearing a mask entered the school office shortly after 2:00pm, warning, "Evacuate the kids and no one will get hurt." |
| The suspect was photographed wearing a flowing, bright green outfit with a white head covering. | The suspect was photographed wearing a flowing, bright green outfit with a white head covering. |
| The suspect appears to be Christopher Craig, who drove onto an elementary school playground in 2014, dressed in similar Arabic neon green garb with a head covering. Craig has a history of stirring comotions, as in 2013 he disrupted multiple Colorado churches, according to the Associated Press. | The suspect appears to be Christopher Craig, who drove onto an elementary school playground in 2014, dressed in similar Arabic neon green garb with a head covering. Craig has a history of stirring comotions, as in 2013 he disrupted multiple Colorado churches, according to the Associated Press. |
| Craig has called himself an "Islamist jihadist" and sent out written threats to several media outlets before the Eagle Mountain incident Monday, according to reports. | Craig has called himself an "Islamist jihadist" and sent out written threats to several media outlets before the Eagle Mountain incident Monday, according to reports. |
| A woman claiming to live across the street from the school, Kyla Moulton, covered the unfolding events via Facebook Live. | A woman claiming to live across the street from the school, Kyla Moulton, covered the unfolding events via Facebook Live. |
| In an email to the El Paso Times, received shortly before the Eagle Mountain incident, Craig wrote that he would "call 911 with a threat of an explosive and drive onto my 9yr olds elementary school, Eagle Valley Elementary, with a True Explosive." | |
| Craig also wanted to be known under a different name, saying he was "was born into this world under the slave name of Christopher Craig. Currently, I am known as The Radical Islamic Jihadist Muhammad Allah Al-Khidr." | |
| "My reason for writing Today is because of my pending arrest and hunger strike which begins when I press send on this Discourse of Truth,” he continued. “In 2 hours, call Eagle Mountain PD in Eagle Mountain, UT if you think I am bluffing. Ask them." | |
| The email further meandered, "Racism is the reason for my hunger strike, to take this conversation deeper, to The Truth, Core, and roots." |