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Kosovo man admits Frankfurt airport Islamist attack Kosovo Islamist admits Frankfurt attack on US airmen
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A Kosovo man has told a German court he shot dead two American servicemen at Frankfurt airport but said he did not understand why he had acted as he did. A Kosovo man has told a German court he regrets shooting dead two US servicemen at Frankfurt airport and does not understand why he did it.
Arid Uka, 21, told the court he was radicalised by jihadist propaganda videos he watched online. Arid Uka, 21, told the court he had been radicalised by jihadist propaganda videos he watched online.
Prosecutors believe he acted alone in carrying out the first deadly Islamist attack on German soil. Prosecutors believe he acted alone in carrying out the first deadly attack by an Islamist on German soil.
As well as the two dead, two other US airmen were seriously injured in the attack in March. Two other US airmen were seriously injured in the attack on an air force bus in March.
"What I did was wrong, but I cannot undo what I did," Uka told the court in Frankfurt at the opening of his trial. "What I did was wrong, but I cannot undo what I did," Mr Uka told the court in Frankfurt at the opening of his trial.
Prosecutors said Uka wanted to kill the soldiers because they were going to join the Nato-led force in Afghanistan. Prosecutors said he had wanted to kill the airmen because they were going to join the Nato-led force in Afghanistan.
Uka said he carried out the attack after watching a video purporting to show US servicemen raping a Muslim girl in Iraq. 'Can't understand'
The Kosovo Albanian said he had carried out the attack after watching a video purporting to show US servicemen raping a Muslim girl in Iraq.
In fact, the video was a scene from Brian De Palma's anti-war film, Redacted.In fact, the video was a scene from Brian De Palma's anti-war film, Redacted.
"I thought what I saw in that video, these people would do in Afghanistan," Uka said. "I thought what I saw in that video, these people would do in Afghanistan," Mr Uka said.
"I killed two people and opened fire on three others. Today I can't understand myself how I could have acted this way," he said. "I killed two people and opened fire on three others.
"Today I can't understand myself how I could have acted this way."
He had no known contact with Islamist groups, prosecutors say.He had no known contact with Islamist groups, prosecutors say.
'God is great' Man blinded
Prosecutors say Uka went into one of the airport terminals, saw some US servicemen and followed them back to their military bus. They say he asked one of them for a light, asked him where the bus was going and then shot that man dead. Prosecutors say Mr Uka went into one of the airport terminals, saw some US airmen and followed them back to their military bus. They say he asked one of them for a light, asked him where the bus was going, and then shot that man dead.
The indictment says he then boarded the bus, shouting "Allah-u akbar" (God is great), and shot another man dead. Two others were severely injured; one of them was blinded in one eye.The indictment says he then boarded the bus, shouting "Allah-u akbar" (God is great), and shot another man dead. Two others were severely injured; one of them was blinded in one eye.
He put his gun against the head of a fifth serviceman but the trigger jammed.He put his gun against the head of a fifth serviceman but the trigger jammed.
Prosecutors say Uka then fled into the terminal, where he was apprehended and confessed to the attack. Prosecutors say Mr Uka then fled into the terminal, where he was apprehended and confessed to the attack.
If the court accepts his confession, Uka is likely to get 15 years in prison. If the court accepts his confession, he is likely to get 15 years in prison.
The soldiers on the bus had just flown in from Britain and were about to travel to the nearby US air base at Ramstein, a hub for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The airmen on the bus had just flown in from Britain and were about to travel to the nearby US airbase at Ramstein, a hub for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Arid Uka was born in the Kosovo town of Mitrovica but grew up in Germany. At the time of the attack, he was apparently working at the airport.Arid Uka was born in the Kosovo town of Mitrovica but grew up in Germany. At the time of the attack, he was apparently working at the airport.