WIS News 10 - Columbia, South Carolina | Acquaintances shed light on life of Utah gunman
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(Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina-AP) February 14, 2007 - Neighbors and friends back in his home country are shedding more light on the 18-year-old immigrant involved in Monday's shopping mall shooting rampage in Utah.
People close to the family of Sulejman Talovic say the Bosnian immigrant was only four when he and his mother fled their village on foot after it was overrun by Serbian forces. They say Talovic spent five years living as a refugee in Bosnia before his family moved to the US.
During his time as a refugee, they say he spent time in an enclave where up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys would be slaughtered in 1995.
Talovic left before the massacre, but acquaintances say it may have left a mark on him.
A family friend says he's convinced "the war did this in Utah."
Authorities say Talovic opened fire in the mall, killing five before he was fatally shot by police.
Posted 9:01pm by Chantelle Janelle
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