2016 Minneapolis shooting
Introduction


The **2016 Minneapolis shooting** took place on June 29, 2016, in [Minneapolis](/wiki/Minneapolis "Minneapolis"), [Minnesota](/wiki/Minnesota "Minnesota") when a man named Anthony Sawina shot at five [Somali\-Americans](/wiki/Somali-American "Somali-American"), wounding two of them. Witnesses later recounted that Sawina shouted anti\-Muslim expletives and claimed he was "going to kill \[them] all." The attack was condemned by civil rights groups as part of a larger rise of [Islamophobia in the United States](/wiki/Islamophobia_in_the_United_States "Islamophobia in the United States") leading up the [2016 presidential election](/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election "2016 United States presidential election").


What was Anthony Sawina's stated intention towards the targeted individuals?