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06/10/2008: "Mistrial Declared in Seattle Hate Shooting"
A judge declared a mistrial in the case of the gunman who shot up the offices of this city's Jewish federation.
The King County prosecutor vowed to retry Naveed Haq, 32, who claimed he was not guilty by reason of insanity.
The jury said it could not agree on all but one of the 15 counts of murder and attempted murder against Haq, whose July 2006 shooting spree at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle left one woman dead and seriously injured five.
Haq kidnapped a 14-year-old girl to gain entrance into the building and began shooting as he reached the federation's second-floor reception area. He spewed anti-Israel and anti-Jewish slurs during the attack while decrying the Iraq war and Israel's 2006 conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Haq made similar comments on a video shown in the courtroom prior to the trial's start.
[ If anti-semitism is "insanity" then Haq is not guilty. Of course he may be considered insane for other reasons too. If found guilty then anti-semitism is also proven not to be "insanity". ]
http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=559