Shooter was ‘angry at YouTube’s policy’

THE woman who shot three people at YouTube’s headquarters produced many online videos and these are central to the motive authorities have identified – her anger with YouTube’s policies.

Nasim Aghdam who was in her late 30s, opened fire with a handgun and wounded three people at YouTube’s headquarters, police said. She then killed herself.

She had posted videos under the online name Nasime Sabz, and a website in that name decried YouTube’s policies, saying the company was trying to “suppress” content creators.

Many of the clips have been branded bizarre, such as one in which she removes a revealing purple dress to expose fake breasts with the message, “Don’t Trust Your Eyes”.

Police found Nasim Aghdam sleeping in her car early on Tuesday in the city of Mountain View, about 25 miles from YouTube’s headquarters. They said she was calm and said nothing about being angry with YouTube or having any plans to harm others or herself.

Later that day, Aghdam went to a gun range before walking through a car park into a courtyard at YouTube’s campus south of San Francisco, where she opened fire.

Two women wounded in the shooting were released on Wednesday from hospital.

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