Advertisement Continue reading the main storyIt is the second attack during Ramadan this year that has been tied to the Islamic State. Mr. Salhi killed himself in prison in December while awaiting trial. However, perhaps the risk that is harder to protect against are the lone-wolf attacks encouraged by the Islamic State. Before he was killed by the police, the gunman, Omar Mateen, pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State. The man, Yassine Salhi, appears to have had a friend who had gone to Syria to join the Islamic State, and Mr. Salhi sent him pictures of the beheading.

Source: New York Times June 14, 2016 00:37 UTC