ISIS claims responsibility for Las Vegas massacre

ISIS claimed responsibility Monday for the Las Vegas rampage, saying without offering evidence that the shooter had converted to Islam a few months ago, according to reports.

The Las Vegas attack was carried out by a soldier of the Islamic State and he carried it out in response to calls to target states of the coalition,” the terror group’s news agency Amaq said in reference to the US-led coalition fighting the group in the Middle East.

The Las Vegas attacker converted to Islam a few months ago, Amaq also on the Telegram online messaging service, according to Agence France-Presse.

US officials said Monday that there was no evidence that the attacker was tied to any international militant group, though one official said security agencies were examining the ISIS claim of responsibility, Reuters reported.

The statements – which did not include the attacker’s name — came after ISIS on Friday released an audio recording of what it said was its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi calling on jihadists in Syria and Iraq to “resist” their enemies.

Source: NY Post