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Associated Press

The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism, prosecutors said on Tuesday as they worked to bring him to a New York court from a Pennsylvania jail.
Luigi Mangione already was charged with murder in the December 4 killing of Brian Thompson, but the terror allegation is new.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Thompson’s death on a midtown Manhattan street “was a killing that was intended to evoke terror. And we’ve seen that reaction”.
Mangione’s New York lawyer, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, declined to comment.
Thompson, 50, was shot while walking to a hotel where Minnesota-based UnitedHealthcare – the United States’ biggest medical insurer – was holding an investor conference.
The killing kindled a fiery outpouring of resentment toward US health insurance companies, as Americans swapped stories online and elsewhere of being denied coverage, left in limbo as doctors and insurers disagreed, and stuck with sizeable bills.
The shooting also rattled C-suites, as “wanted” posters with other healthcare executives’ names and faces appeared on New York streets and some social media users extolled Mangione’s deed as payback.

New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Tuesday that “any attempt to rationalise this is vile, reckless and offensive to our deeply held principles of justice”.
A New York law passed after the September 11 attacks allows prosecutors to charge crimes as acts of terrorism when they’re “intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policies of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion and affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination or kidnapping”.
Prosecutors have applied the statute to various contexts. Some related to international extremism, but the law was first used against a Bronx gang member after a hail of gunfire killed a 10-year-old girl and paralysed a man outside a christening party in 2002.
The state’s highest court later said the conduct did not amount to terrorism, and a retrial produced convictions on other charges.
Thompson’s killing, Bragg noted, happened early on a workday in an area frequented by commuters, businesspeople and tourists.
“This was a frightening, well-planned, targeted murder that was intended to cause shock and attention and intimidation,” the district attorney said.

Ivy League-educated Mangione was charged with murder on December 9 for the killing of Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel before a company conference, following a five-day manhunt.
He is being held on gun charges in Pennsylvania, where he was arrested last week at a McDonald’s restaurant in the city of Altoona.
Bragg said he had indications that Mangione may waive his right to contest his extradition to New York. A hearing over Mangione’s extradition is scheduled for Thursday in Pennsylvania.
Mangione suffered from chronic back pain that affected his daily life, according to friends and social media posts, though it is unclear whether his own health played a role in the shooting.
UnitedHealth Group said last week that Mangione was not a customer of the health insurer.
Additional reporting by Reuters


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Luigi Mangione is led into the Blair County Courthouse for an extradition hearing on December 10, in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. Photo: TNS

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch holds a newspaper while speaking during a press conference in New York on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters

A poster depicting Luigi Mangione hangs outside the New York Hilton Midtown hotel on Thursday. Photo: AP

Worshipers at Blackhawk Church gather to pray for victims and survivors of a shooting at Madison’s Abundant Life Christian School on Monday. Photo: Reuters

Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes speaks at a news conference on Tuesday. Photo: AP

Crime scene tape blocks off the area around the home of 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow in Madison on Tuesday. Photo: Getty Images via AFP

A group makes their way to leave flowers outside the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison on Tuesday. Photo: AP

Gun found on US CEO shooting suspect matches shell casings at scene, police say

Luigi Mangione, a suspect in the New York killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is escorted after an extradition hearing at Blair County Court House in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters

An image of the individual sought in connection to the investigation of the shooting death of Brian Thompson is seen in surveillance footage taken outside a hotel in New York on December 4. Photo: Reuters

Luigi Mangione is seen at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday. Photo: Pennsylvania State Police via AP

CEO shooting suspect Luigi Mangione had manifesto railing against US healthcare system

Luigi Mangione arrives for an extradition hearing at Blair County Court House in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, Photo: Reuters

Luigi Mangione in a booking photograph. Photo: Altoona Police Department via Reuters

An image from surveillance video of the shooting. Photo: NYPD via Reuters

Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare. Photo: Business Wire via TNS

Luigi Mangione at a McDonald’s in Altoona on Monday. Photos: Pennsylvania State Police via AP

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The alleged gunman was already charged with murder, but the terror charge is new, and is based on a law passed after the 9/11 attacks


The alleged gunman was already charged with murder, but the terror charge is new, and is based on a law passed after the 9/11 attacks.


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