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CSIS Issues Commentary: San Diego Mosque Shooting Marks a Deadly First in the U.S.
May 20, 2026
WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on May 19, 2026, by Riley McCabe, associate fellow for the Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program:

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San Diego Mosque Shooting Marks a Deadly First in the United States

The attack on the Islamic Center of San Diego, in which two teenagers killed three people before taking their own lives, appears to be the first ideologically motivated let . . .

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