In video masked and armed with a crossbow: "I will kill Queen Elizabeth"
The background on the raid of a 19-year-old inside the park of Windsor Castle where the English sovereign was celebrating Christmas with family
He wanted to kill Queen Elizabeth on Christmas Day to avenge the casualties caused by British colonial troops in India. And, before taking action, he released a video on Snapchat, where - disguised as in Star Wars and armed with a crossbow - he communicated his intentions, in a sort of will.
These are the background - spread by the British media - about Jaswant Singh Chail, the 19-year-old young man, of Indian origin, but resident in Southampton, stopped by royal security agents in the park of Windsor Castle at Christmas, a few hundred meters from the room where the English sovereign was celebrating with her family.
In the video poster, the young man, as mentioned, announces his intent: “I'm sorry. I am sorry for what I have done and for what I will do. I will try to assassinate Elizabeth, queen of the royal family ”. “If you have received this video - he adds -, my death is near. Please share this with anyone and, if possible, take it to the news ”.
In the same video, the 19-year-old - who allegedly suffers from mental problems - explains that his is a "revenge" against Great Britain, in particular for the massacre of Jallianwala Bagh, in India in 1919, when British soldiers cracked down and opened fire on the crowd. , killing over 300 people.
(Unioneonline / l.-f.)