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Her father Azeem informed the police that his son Waseem has strangled Qandeel, apparently, it is an honor killing but further investigations will reveal the real motives behind this murder. – Punjab Police spokeswoman Nabeela Ghazanfar	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Her father Azeem informed the police that his son Waseem has strangled Qandeel, apparently, it is honor killing but further investigations would reveal the real motives behind this murder. – Punjab Police spokeswoman Nabeela Ghazanfar	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It’s very hard to interpret the motives of this shooter, as we have seen in a host of mass shootings. – President Obama	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
As far as this individual and what his motives are, I have no idea. – Ballwin Police Chief Kevin Scott	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The questions he was asking were not the normal questions a normal person would be asking. If something is suspicious, it’s our discretion, we are the gatekeeper. Federal investigators say that in the week before he murdered dozens people and wounded more than 50 others at the Pulse nighclub in Orlando, Mateen visited another gun shop, where he purchased a pistol and a.223 SIG Sauer semiautomatic rifle. Authorities are still trying to determine the motives behind the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. The Justice Department released the full transcript of Mateen’s 911 call on the night of the massacre Monday. In his 50-second call to police he claimed responsibility for the terror attack and pledged allegiance to Islamic State’s leader. The summary shows that Mateen told negotiators he had a vehicle outside that has some bombs. Just to let you know. You people are gon na get it, and I'm gon na ignite it if they try to do anything stupid. Mateen claimed he had an explosive vest similar to the kind used by terrorists in France, referencing the November terror attack in Paris. In the next few days, you're going to see more of this type of action going on, Mateen said. He also reportedly told hostages that he would put suicide vests on them. No explosives were ever found on Mateen inside the club or in any vehicles outside. Mateen was armed with two guns during the rampage. Despite claims by the administration and law enforcement officials that ISIS did not direct Mateen to carry out the attack, Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Monday used the massacre as an example of why the terror group must be defeated. – Robbie Abell	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
We can see so many countries coming to the fore hyping this issue up, but it doesn't matter how loud their voices are, they still represent a minority of countries in the world, if you look at who is talking about international law all the time, it is politicians and non-professionals with ulterior motives. It is them who really need to learn something about international law. – Xu Hong	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There is very strong concern here, we think there should be a specialized independent investigation commission to know the true causes and motives for the assassination. – Wilfredo Mendez	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We know as a fact that the motives of this vile murder were her resistance and fight against the exploitation of nature and people defending common goods. – Olivia Caceres	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It just breaks my heart, it doesn't change the character of who he was, the character he left behind. But we don't know his motives. We don't know why he did what he did. – Brian Vasquez	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Both deaths occurred within hours of each other under circumstances that have led investigators to presume they were both self-inflicted, no motives have been identified and no evidence of foul play has so far been detected. – Murphy Police	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The beauty of Shakespeare is that he was so perceptive about human nature. He was so interested in the whole range of people from the top of society to the bottom and everything in between, he was so accurate in understanding our emotions ... and our motives for doing things, that he goes on being relevant. – Ian McKellen	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
In reality these men had alternative motives, to attempt to overthrow the county and federal government in hopes to spark a movement across the United States. – Harney County Sheriff David Ward	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We are against the absolute classification of groups. What is more important is to understand the logic behind why these groups took up arms, their aims and motives. – Qatari Foreign Minister Khaled al-Attiyah	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If somebody had mal intent going into that [process], and they had no prior record that would lead anybody in law enforcement or the security establishment to question their motives, you could easily see where somebody could dupe the system. – State Department spokesman John Kirby	Found on CNN 9 years ago
We don't yet know what the motives of the shooters are but what we do know is that there are steps we can take to make Americans safer, we should never think that this is just something that just happens in the ordinary course of events because it doesn't happen with the same frequency in other countries. – President Barack Obama	Found on CNN 9 years ago
At this point we don't know who is behind the abduction, what are the motives, but we are trying to appeal to those (responsible) to release our colleague, this incidence comes on top of many security incidents we have had, and it is deplorable. – Rima Kamal	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We don't yet know the full circumstances and motives behind this criminal action, we share the concerns of many Americans that extremists are creating a poisonous environment that feeds domestic terrorism in this country. We will never back away from providing care in a safe, supportive environment that millions of people rely on and trust. – Vicki Cowart	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The offender shared a number of posts from populist right-wing websites on his Facebook page. Two clicks online would have been sufficient to determine his political motives. – Dirk Wiese	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I will not speculate on the motives ... but this does not look like an accident and we have seen two of them. – Jens Stoltenberg	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
99% of people that come across the border ... are coming to provide for their families. The ones that are criminals, we ought to be kick them out. There's no disagreement about that, to ascribe bad motives people who are trying to provide for their families, I'm not going to change my views on that. – Jeb Bush	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I was dismayed to see the interpretation put on our motives, our judgments and our actions, there is nothing in the history of our sport in the last 15 or 20 years other than us being on the cutting edge of either trying to develop the science of weeding out the cheats or taking the actions appropriate to finding them. – Sebastian Coe	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
There's pressure for us to go out and promote the company, but it's difficult as I know most people here and they're skeptical of my motives. – Zhu Ling	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
He was also incredibly intelligent, which really makes me wonder about his true motives for doing this, he was always getting recognized for his high grades and getting awards all throughout school. It's upsetting to see him waste it all. – Samantha Barnette	Found on CNN 9 years ago
We didn't have motives and desire to do that, and it is obvious that Ukrainians have them, i can't say about desire, but motive is obvious that the crash of this plane was beneficial to them. – Alexander Borodai	Found on CNN 9 years ago

Her father Azeem informed the police that his son Waseem has strangled Qandeel, apparently, it is an honor killing but further investigations will reveal the real motives behind this murder.

– Punjab Police spokeswoman Nabeela Ghazanfar

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Her father Azeem informed the police that his son Waseem has strangled Qandeel, apparently, it is honor killing but further investigations would reveal the real motives behind this murder.

– Punjab Police spokeswoman Nabeela Ghazanfar

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It’s very hard to interpret the motives of this shooter, as we have seen in a host of mass shootings.

– President Obama

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

As far as this individual and what his motives are, I have no idea.

– Ballwin Police Chief Kevin Scott

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The questions he was asking were not the normal questions a normal person would be asking. If something is suspicious, it’s our discretion, we are the gatekeeper. Federal investigators say that in the week before he murdered dozens people and wounded more than 50 others at the Pulse nighclub in Orlando, Mateen visited another gun shop, where he purchased a pistol and a.223 SIG Sauer semiautomatic rifle. Authorities are still trying to determine the motives behind the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. The Justice Department released the full transcript of Mateen’s 911 call on the night of the massacre Monday. In his 50-second call to police he claimed responsibility for the terror attack and pledged allegiance to Islamic State’s leader. The summary shows that Mateen told negotiators he had a vehicle outside that has some bombs. Just to let you know. You people are gon na get it, and I'm gon na ignite it if they try to do anything stupid. Mateen claimed he had an explosive vest similar to the kind used by terrorists in France, referencing the November terror attack in Paris. In the next few days, you're going to see more of this type of action going on, Mateen said. He also reportedly told hostages that he would put suicide vests on them. No explosives were ever found on Mateen inside the club or in any vehicles outside. Mateen was armed with two guns during the rampage. Despite claims by the administration and law enforcement officials that ISIS did not direct Mateen to carry out the attack, Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Monday used the massacre as an example of why the terror group must be defeated.

– Robbie Abell

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

We can see so many countries coming to the fore hyping this issue up, but it doesn't matter how loud their voices are, they still represent a minority of countries in the world, if you look at who is talking about international law all the time, it is politicians and non-professionals with ulterior motives. It is them who really need to learn something about international law.

– Xu Hong

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There is very strong concern here, we think there should be a specialized independent investigation commission to know the true causes and motives for the assassination.

– Wilfredo Mendez

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We know as a fact that the motives of this vile murder were her resistance and fight against the exploitation of nature and people defending common goods.

– Olivia Caceres

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It just breaks my heart, it doesn't change the character of who he was, the character he left behind. But we don't know his motives. We don't know why he did what he did.

– Brian Vasquez

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Both deaths occurred within hours of each other under circumstances that have led investigators to presume they were both self-inflicted, no motives have been identified and no evidence of foul play has so far been detected.

– Murphy Police

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The beauty of Shakespeare is that he was so perceptive about human nature. He was so interested in the whole range of people from the top of society to the bottom and everything in between, he was so accurate in understanding our emotions ... and our motives for doing things, that he goes on being relevant.

– Ian McKellen

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In reality these men had alternative motives, to attempt to overthrow the county and federal government in hopes to spark a movement across the United States.

– Harney County Sheriff David Ward

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We are against the absolute classification of groups. What is more important is to understand the logic behind why these groups took up arms, their aims and motives.

– Qatari Foreign Minister Khaled al-Attiyah

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If somebody had mal intent going into that [process], and they had no prior record that would lead anybody in law enforcement or the security establishment to question their motives, you could easily see where somebody could dupe the system.

– State Department spokesman John Kirby

Found on CNN
9 years ago

We don't yet know what the motives of the shooters are but what we do know is that there are steps we can take to make Americans safer, we should never think that this is just something that just happens in the ordinary course of events because it doesn't happen with the same frequency in other countries.

– President Barack Obama

Found on CNN
9 years ago

At this point we don't know who is behind the abduction, what are the motives, but we are trying to appeal to those (responsible) to release our colleague, this incidence comes on top of many security incidents we have had, and it is deplorable.

– Rima Kamal

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We don't yet know the full circumstances and motives behind this criminal action, we share the concerns of many Americans that extremists are creating a poisonous environment that feeds domestic terrorism in this country. We will never back away from providing care in a safe, supportive environment that millions of people rely on and trust.

– Vicki Cowart

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The offender shared a number of posts from populist right-wing websites on his Facebook page. Two clicks online would have been sufficient to determine his political motives.

– Dirk Wiese

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I will not speculate on the motives ... but this does not look like an accident and we have seen two of them.

– Jens Stoltenberg

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

99% of people that come across the border ... are coming to provide for their families. The ones that are criminals, we ought to be kick them out. There's no disagreement about that, to ascribe bad motives people who are trying to provide for their families, I'm not going to change my views on that.

– Jeb Bush

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I was dismayed to see the interpretation put on our motives, our judgments and our actions, there is nothing in the history of our sport in the last 15 or 20 years other than us being on the cutting edge of either trying to develop the science of weeding out the cheats or taking the actions appropriate to finding them.

– Sebastian Coe

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

There's pressure for us to go out and promote the company, but it's difficult as I know most people here and they're skeptical of my motives.

– Zhu Ling

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

He was also incredibly intelligent, which really makes me wonder about his true motives for doing this, he was always getting recognized for his high grades and getting awards all throughout school. It's upsetting to see him waste it all.

– Samantha Barnette

Found on CNN
9 years ago

We didn't have motives and desire to do that, and it is obvious that Ukrainians have them, i can't say about desire, but motive is obvious that the crash of this plane was beneficial to them.

– Alexander Borodai

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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