The mysterious words. Details from the Washington Post:
Law enforcement sources said that Cho died with the words “Ismail Ax” in red ink on one of his arms, but they were not sure what the words meant.
Investigators also found a note left in the shooter’s dorm room, said to a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation. “It’s sort of a manifesto” said the source, who described the note as a rambling and somewhat incoherent list of grievances. Among the people that Cho attacked in the note were those he considered rich, spoiled students, the source said. “It was just sort of against the world,” the source said.
The source also said investigators believe there was a connection between the shootings and recent bomb threats on campus and are “trying to nail it down.”
Cho was an English major whose creative writing was so disturbing that he was referred to the school’s counseling service, the Associated Press reported.
Inside Harper Hall this morning, students said they believed Cho lived in a suite on the second floor. The suite had a common room linking three bedrooms, each of which was shared by two students.
Well, here is what the words might have meant, from FOXNews:
He apparently had scrawled the words “ISMAIL AX” on the inside of one arm, according to the Chicago Tribune, which may be a reference to the Islamic account of the Biblical sacrifice of Abraham.
Here’s more detail on this particular Abraham legend from the Qur’an.
UPDATE: Excellent points on this subject made here by author Robert Spencer.
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