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US to expel a dozen Saudi trainees after base attack investigation

Members of the Air Force Old Guard Carry team carry the transfer case of Ensign Joshua Caleb Watson, of Coffee, Alabama, during the dignified transfer for three military members killed in a mass shooting at Pensacola Naval Air Station earlier in the week, at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, 08 December 2019. EPA-EFE/SCOTT SERIO

The United States will expel at least a dozen Saudi military students accused of extremist links and child pornography, after an investigation into a shooting rampage by a Saudi officer in Florida, media reported Saturday.

In December, Mohammed Alshamrani, who was in the United States as part of a Saudi military training program, opened fire in a classroom at the Pensacola Naval Air Station, killing three sailors and wounding eight other people before being shot dead by police.

While the dozen or more trainees are not accused of aiding Alshamrani, some were found to have connections to extremist movements or be in possession of child pornography.

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