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A terrorist who killed 5 people in a truck ramming seemed disappointed when he found out ISIS never claimed his attack

Reuters Rakhmat Akilov drove a truck into a crowd in Stockholm last year, killing five people. He had previously pledged allegiance to ISIS online. In court, he was told that the group never acknowledged him as one of their "soldiers" as they often do with other attacks. Reporters said he seemed disappointed and upset to have been left out. ISIS is reluctant to acknowledge those who do not die during their attacks. A terrorist who killed five people in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, last year seemed disappointed when he learned that ISIS never claimed him as one of their own. Rakhmat Akilov was told in court that, unlike with other attacks, official ISIS communications channels never celebrated him as a "soldier of the caliphate" in the way that other terrorists have been praised.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: What 'Dilly Dilly' means — and how Bud Light came up with its viral campaignSee Also:Tillerson pledged to keep up the 'maximum pressure' campaign on North Korea — but offered them a way outStudents at the Florida high school sent terrifying, heartbreaking texts during the shooting: 'My teacher died ...

 

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