‘Positive news’ revealed in well being replace on severely wounded National Guardsman shot in DC | EUROtoday
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Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, one of many two National Guard troops shot in an assault final week in Washington, D.C. close to the White House, is slowly recovering, in line with officers.
“Andrew remains in serious condition,” West Virginia Gov. Craig Caplan mentioned at a press convention on Monday. “We did have some positive news that we were told that Andrew was asked if he could hear. The nurse who asked the question [asked him] to give a thumbs up and he did respond. And we were told that he also wiggled his toes.”
Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, the other West Virginia Guard member shot in the attack, died from her injuries last week.
About 170 West Virginia Guard members remain deployed in the capital, officials said.
The Guard is reeling from the attack, where Afghan national and former U.S. intelligence collaborator Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, is accused of rounding a corner and opening fire on the troops not far from the White House.
Officials later shot and subdued Lakanwal, who was arrested and hospitalized.
The 29-year-old now faces federal murder charges.
Prior to his alleged role in the attack, Lakanwal worked with the CIA in Afghanistan as part of a paramilitary “Zero Unit” and served within the Afghan Army for about 10 years alongside U.S. Special Forces.
Lakanwal was brought to the U.S. as part of 2021’s Operation Allies Welcome, a Biden-era program aimed at resettling Afghans who had assisted the United States in its fight against the Taliban, which has taken in approximately 76,000 people.
The Trump administration granted Lakanwal’s asylum application in April.
Lakanwal and his household had been dwelling in a furnished condo in Bellingham, Washington state, previous to the capturing.
The former soldier had been reportedly been battling post-traumatic stress dysfunction on the time of the capturing.
After the capturing, the Trump administration paused all asylum choices, and the president has vowed to “permanently pause” migration from “all third world countries,” although he lacks the facility to unilaterally make immigration regulation.
The Trump administration has ordered 500 further National Guard troops to bolster the administration’s ongoing navy operation within the capital.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/andrew-wolfe-national-guard-shooting-condition-b2876088.html