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The '''2021 City of Asilica Terrorist Attack''', also called the '''21/6 attacks''' or '''21/6/21''', were two related terrorist acts that took place in Asilica, the capital city of [[Asilica]], on June 21st, 2021. While the final tally of casualties has not yet been released by Asilican authorities, the most recent estimate is more than 600 people dead and more than 1,200 people injured. The first terrorist act was the explosion of what is believed to have been an improvised [[wikipedia:ANFO|ammonium nitrate fertilizer-based bomb]] mounted in a van or truck at 8:01am local time, just after the Grand Council had gaveled into session.<ref name="RN1">{{cite web|url=https://forum.theeastpacific.com/viewtopic.php?p=246939#p246939|title=SANCTUARY LOST: TERRORIST BOMBING AT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY KILLS AT LEAST 400, OVER A THOUSAND INJURED|date=June 21, 2021|website= |
The '''2021 City of Asilica Terrorist Attack''', also called the '''21/6 attacks''' or '''21/6/21''', were two related terrorist acts that took place in Asilica, the capital city of [[Asilica]], on June 21st, 2021. While the final tally of casualties has not yet been released by Asilican authorities, the most recent estimate is more than 600 people dead and more than 1,200 people injured. The first terrorist act was the explosion of what is believed to have been an improvised [[wikipedia:ANFO|ammonium nitrate fertilizer-based bomb]] mounted in a van or truck at 8:01am local time, just after the Grand Council had gaveled into session.<ref name="RN1">{{cite web|url=https://forum.theeastpacific.com/viewtopic.php?p=246939#p246939|title=SANCTUARY LOST: TERRORIST BOMBING AT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY KILLS AT LEAST 400, OVER A THOUSAND INJURED|date=June 21, 2021|website=RTN}}</ref> The blast entirely demolished the building housing the [[Asilica#National Assembly|Grand Council]] of Asilica, the lower house of that country's legislature. All those inside, including Chancellor [[Asilica#Chancellor|Lisetta Gronden]] and the entire Council of State, were killed instantly. Also catastrophically damaged were the General Council Secretariat, the building housing the offices and support staff of the Councilors, and the Classical Era Wing of the National Museum of History. There were also several storefronts either across the street or within the radius of a few city blocks that were either completely or partially damaged, most notably the flagship storefront and headquarters of the Asilican watch company [[Janus|Janus Group SA]].<ref name="RN1" /> |
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The second act of terror was a mass shooting committed by Benedikt Schöner, a 51-year old Asilica canton man who was employed by the canton as a garbage collector. Schöner, who was not reported as missing from work because he had bribed a coworker to fraudulently swipe his time card, was parked in his car across the street from the Senate building, several blocks to the north of the blast, at the time of the explosion. Armed with an LR-10 automatic assault rifle, legally purchased from a licensed militia equipment dealer, he shot at victims of the blast as they fled. Schöner shot at least 48 people, 19 of whom died. This act alone would have ranked as the single deadliest terror incident in Asilican history, a record previously held by the 1997 University of Valladia shooting in which 13 women were killed by self-proclaimed anti-feminist activist Franz Stenzel. |
The second act of terror was a mass shooting committed by Benedikt Schöner,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://forum.theeastpacific.com/viewtopic.php?p=246971#p246971|title=Asilican president addresses attacks as Rosalican government responds to security concerns|date=June 22, 2021|website=The Rosalica Tribune}}</ref> a 51-year old Asilica canton man who was employed by the canton as a garbage collector. Schöner, who was not reported as missing from work because he had bribed a coworker to fraudulently swipe his time card, was parked in his car across the street from the Senate building, several blocks to the north of the blast, at the time of the explosion. Armed with an LR-10 automatic assault rifle, legally purchased from a licensed militia equipment dealer, he shot at victims of the blast as they fled. Schöner shot at least 48 people, 19 of whom died. This act alone would have ranked as the single deadliest terror incident in Asilican history, a record previously held by the 1997 University of Valladia shooting in which 13 women were killed by self-proclaimed anti-feminist activist Franz Stenzel. |
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Schöner was killed at the scene by Lt. Mario Pfefferhausen of the City of Asilica Transit Police, who had approached the blast from the Senate-Opera House station of the Asilica Underground some three blocks to the east. Schöner's last words were reported to be "They'll figure out the rest of it," and multiple witnesses reported that he laughed during the shooting as well as while he lay dying. No manifesto was found on his person or in his car, and the meaning of his final words have not yet been determined. The National Police ordered the streets of Asilica cleared in an immediate shelter-in-place order under the presumption that further assailants could be preparing to launch further attacks. |
Schöner was killed at the scene by Lt. Mario Pfefferhausen of the City of Asilica Transit Police, who had approached the blast from the Senate-Opera House station of the Asilica Underground some three blocks to the east. Schöner's last words were reported to be "They'll figure out the rest of it," and multiple witnesses reported that he laughed during the shooting as well as while he lay dying. No manifesto was found on his person or in his car, and the meaning of his final words have not yet been determined. The National Police ordered the streets of Asilica cleared in an immediate shelter-in-place order under the presumption that further assailants could be preparing to launch further attacks. |
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