Looks like angry, gun obsessed right wingers who are afraid of government tyranny lead to a bank robbery.
A portrait has begun to emerge of Mathew and Isaac Auchterlonie, 22-year-old brothers from central Vancouver Island who were named Saturday as suspects in a botched robbery last week at a Bank of Montreal branch in Saanich, B.C.
As children, according to their closest friends, they were shy, a little nerdy and liked fantasy novels and Star Wars figurines. One was rarely found without the other. Following graduation, they seemed to drop off the face of the Earth, ghosting their former friends.According to one of the brother’s online footprints, he was becoming increasingly angry and radical, obsessed with guns, explosives and perceptions of government tyranny.
More than a dozen posts on Isaac’s Instagram featured what appear to be glorifications of violence toward state officials and police. These posts include media on the 1997 North Hollywood bank robbery attempt; the 1993 Waco siege, when federal officers took over a Branch Davidian religious compound in Texas; and clashes between the Irish Republican Army and British soldiers and police.
A portrait has begun to emerge of Mathew and Isaac Auchterlonie, 22-year-old brothers from central Vancouver Island who were named Saturday as suspects in a botched robbery last week at a Bank of Montreal branch in Saanich, B.C.
As children, according to their closest friends, they were shy, a little nerdy and liked fantasy novels and Star Wars figurines. One was rarely found without the other. Following graduation, they seemed to drop off the face of the Earth, ghosting their former friends.According to one of the brother’s online footprints, he was becoming increasingly angry and radical, obsessed with guns, explosives and perceptions of government tyranny.
More than a dozen posts on Isaac’s Instagram featured what appear to be glorifications of violence toward state officials and police. These posts include media on the 1997 North Hollywood bank robbery attempt; the 1993 Waco siege, when federal officers took over a Branch Davidian religious compound in Texas; and clashes between the Irish Republican Army and British soldiers and police.
Brothers in botched B.C. bank robbery had become angry and radical, obsessed with guns and ‘government tyranny’
One of the brother’s online posts specifically targeted Ottawa’s recent move to ban the sale of handguns and the implementation of vaccine mandates
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