Murder case in New York: suspect expresses anger over healthcare!
Murder case in New York: suspect expresses anger over healthcare!
In a terrifying incident in New York, the CEO of the health insurance company Unitedhealthcare, Brian Thompson, was shot. The 50-year-old became the victim of an attack on the last Wednesday, and the police have now identified a suspect: Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old man from Pennsylvania. He was arrested in Altoona and is responsible for this brutal act, which caused horror nationwide. As the Volksblatt , Mangione had a manifest with him in which he expressed his anger about the US health system. In view of the high costs and the relatively low life expectancy in the United States, he expressed his contempt for US health.
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Luigi Mangione was taken after intensive search use. During his first trial, he refused to be transferred to New York, and was combative, said loudly that the situation was "an insult to the intelligence of the American people". When he was arrested, a firearm with a silencer was found with him, which may have been made with a 3D printer. The police suspect that Mangione Thompson has specifically attacked one of the largest companies in the health sector, such as loyola.edu added.
Brian Thompson has been at the head of Unitedhealthcare since 2021, which employs over 440,000 people and achieved annual sales of $ 371 billion. The governor of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, as well as the White House, condemned the murder as unacceptable, especially in a society, in which violence should not serve as a means of expression against expression against institutional defects. The tragedy also triggered a wave of hateful comments on the Internet via US hospital insurers, since many see responsibility for the existing problems in the health system in these companies.
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