Pentagon suspends flight training to Saudi students after Pensacola shooting: On December 10, Pentagon suspends flight training to 300 Saudi students due to Pensacola shooting on December 6, confirm US officials. The shooting by one of the Saudi flight trainees killed 3 US military members in the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, in Florida. Pentagon has also ordered vetting procedures for 5000 international students undergoing military training on many US military installations.
On December 6, Saudi air force second lieutenant Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani 21 years, while on a flight class, attacked the US Navy base in Pensacola. He shot dead three US military members and injured eight others. He was shot dead by the deputy sheriff.
Rachel Rojas, the FBI special agent, confirmed that the 9 mm Glock handgun was purchased lawfully on July 20 by Alshamrani. He has used the Florida hunting license by the FWC or the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The gun bought from a licensed Florida firearms dealer with the permit and used it to kill the three US sailors.