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In total, Muhammad was accused of shooting sixteen people and killing ten of them...

In total, Muhammad was accused of shooting sixteen people and killing ten of them...

One of Malvo's psychiatric witnesses testified that Muhammad, a member of Nation of Islam, had indoctrinated him into believing that the proceeds of the extortion attempt would be used to begin a new nation of only pure black young persons somewhere in Canada.</blockquote></ref><ref>Hal Bernton, David Heath,  [https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20021027&slug=farrakhanfolo Nation of Islam's Farrakhan says Muhammad is a member], ''Seattle Times'',

One of Malvo's psychiatric witnesses testified that Muhammad, a member of Nation of Islam, had indoctrinated him into believing that the proceeds of the extortion attempt would be used to begin a new nation of only pure black young persons somewhere in Canada.</blockquote></ref><ref>Hal Bernton, David Heath,  [https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20021027&slug=farrakhanfolo Nation of Islam's Farrakhan says Muhammad is a member], ''Seattle Times'',

Oct 27, 2002.</ref> was an [[Islamism|Islamist]] convicted murderer from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The forty-one-year-old John Allen Muhammad and his seventeen-year-old protégé, Lee Boyd Malvo,<ref>Albarus, C., Mack, J. (2014). The Making of Lee Boyd Malvo: The D.C. Sniper. United States: Columbia University Press. [https://books.google.com/books?id=WtkYBQAAQBAJ].</ref> a native of Kingston, Jamaica, carried out the [[D.C.]] sniper attacks, a series of coordinated shootings during three weeks in October 2002 in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia - local residents were gunned down while doing the most mundane tasks, like shopping or pumping gas.<ref name=nyt-10nov2009/> Ten people were killed and three others were critically wounded in the Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area and along Interstate 95 in Virginia. It had spread such fear people were afraid to go shopping, cut grass or pump gas.<ref>Dena Potter, Associated Press, [https://www.heraldnet.com/news/john-allen-muhammad-execution-set-for-6-p-m-local-time/ John Allen Muhammad execution set for 6 p.m. local time], Herald Net, November 10, 2009.</ref> People stayed indoors, and those who had to go outside weaved as they walked or bobbed their heads to make themselves less of a target.<ref name=fox-14jan2015>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/virginia-governor-denies-clemency-d-c-sniper-will-be-executed-tuesday Virginia Governor Denies Clemency, D.C. Sniper Will Be Executed Tuesday], ''Associated Press'' via ''Fox News'', Jan 14, 2015.</ref>

Oct 27, 2002.</ref> was an [[Islamism|Islamist]] convicted murderer from [[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana. The forty-one-year-old John Allen Muhammad and his seventeen-year-old protégé, Lee Boyd Malvo,<ref>Albarus, C., Mack, J. (2014). The Making of Lee Boyd Malvo: The D.C. Sniper. United States: Columbia University Press. [https://books.google.com/books?id=WtkYBQAAQBAJ].</ref> a native of Kingston, Jamaica, carried out the [[D.C.]] sniper attacks, a series of coordinated shootings during three weeks in October 2002 in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia - local residents were gunned down while doing the most mundane tasks, like shopping or pumping gas.<ref name=nyt-10nov2009/> Ten people were killed and three others were critically wounded in the Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area and along Interstate 95 in Virginia. It had spread such fear people were afraid to go shopping, cut grass or pump gas.<ref>Dena Potter, Associated Press, [https://www.heraldnet.com/news/john-allen-muhammad-execution-set-for-6-p-m-local-time/ John Allen Muhammad execution set for 6 p.m. local time], Herald Net, November 10, 2009.</ref> People stayed indoors, and those who had to go outside weaved as they walked or bobbed their heads to make themselves less of a target.<ref name=fox-14jan2015>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/virginia-governor-denies-clemency-d-c-sniper-will-be-executed-tuesday Virginia Governor Denies Clemency, D.C. Sniper Will Be Executed Tuesday], ''Associated Press'' via ''Fox News'', Jan 14, 2015.</ref>

Muhammad and Malvo were arrested in connection with the attacks on October 24, 2002, while they were asleep,<ref name=latimes-11nov2009>Scott Calvert, [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-nov-11-na-sniper11-story.html#:~:text=A%20defiant%20John%20Allen%20Muhammad,the%20Virginia%20Department%20of%20Corrections. D.C.-area sniper John Allen Muhammad is executed], ''Los Angeles Times,'' Nov 11, 2009.<blockquote>JARRATT, VA. — 

Muhammad and Malvo were arrested in connection with the attacks on October 24, 2002, while they were asleep,<ref name=latimes-11nov2009>Scott Calvert, [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-nov-11-na-sniper11-story.html#:~:text=A%20defiant%20John%20Allen%20Muhammad,the%20Virginia%20Department%20of%20Corrections. D.C.-area sniper John Allen Muhammad is executed], ''Los Angeles Times,'' Nov 11, 2009.<blockquote>JARRATT, VA. —