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Islamic State Group Claiming Responsibility For Garland Attack

Stella M. Chávez
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KERA News
The two gunmen used this car Sunday night outside the cartoon contest in Garland.

The Islamic State group is claiming responsibility for an attack at a Garland center exhibiting cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad.

An audio statement on Tuesday on the extremist group's Al Bayan radio station says that "two soldiers of the caliphate" carried out Sunday's attack. It did not provide details and it was unclear whether the group was opportunistically claiming the attack as its own.

Two suspects in Sunday's attack in Garland were shot dead after opening fire outside the center.

The IS statement says: "We tell America that what is coming is more bitter and harder and you will see from the soldiers of the Caliphate what harms you."

NPR has more details.