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TYT: Inspiring Heroes Emerge Amid Denmark Shooting
"The gunman in the weekend terror attacks in Copenhagen grew up amid a violent gang culture that ultimately rejected him for his uncontrollable behavior, before he found a new identity in radicalization.
So said Aydin Soei, an author and sociologist who met Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein as a troubled teenager in 2011.
Police have still not formally named El-Hussein as the suspect in the shootings at a Copenhagen cafe and outside a synagogue. His identity was confirmed by a senior member of the Danish government, however.
The Danish-born 22-year-old, reportedly of Arab origins, was killed in a shootout with police."* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
*Read more here: http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/17/europe/denmark-copenhagen-gunman/