'Zizian’ cult suspect's friend says group was preparing for violence

(NewsNation) — Just 1 time aft alleged "Zizian" person Jack LaSota was arrested, investigators accidental extremist veganism, artificial quality and transgender individuality connected members to the alleged "death cult."

NewsNation reviewed tribunal records successful the caller apprehension of the cult person that tells the communicative of however the radical of young, highly intelligent machine scientists met online and shared anarchist beliefs.

Their convulsive rampage started successful 2022 erstwhile constabulary accidental 82-year-old Curtis Lind was stabbed with a sword by 3 members of the Zizian cult, section quality media site Open Vallejo reported.

Lind mislaid an oculus successful the onslaught and was aboriginal allegedly killed by the cult members who were squatting connected his Solano County, Calif., property.

'Zizian' victim's person says members killed to debar rent

NewsNation elder nationalist analogous Brian Entin spoke with 1 of Lind's closest friends anonymously astir the tragedy.

"Basically what led to it was the idea, I think, that these transgender, homicidal, machine idiosyncratic vegans, thought, that they could get distant with not paying him immoderate rent," Lind's person told NewsNation successful a telephone call.

The person said helium took aggregate computers from container trucks connected the spot containing what helium believes to beryllium instruments for country owned by the members, including scalpels.

'Zizian' members prepared for 'violence of immoderate form': Acquaintance

After Maland's death, investigators recovered pistols, ammunition, nighttime imaginativeness goggles, look respirators, a ballistic helmet, shooting scope targets and radios successful the suspect's car.

Jessica Taylor, who knew a subordinate of the Zizian group, tells NewsNation that her person dropped disconnected the radar earlier joining the cult.

"It seems like, based connected what was successful the successful the car, they mightiness person been preparing for immoderate benignant of cognition oregon unit of immoderate form," Taylor said. "In presumption of having bullets and walkie-talkies and wanting not to beryllium observed."

What is the 'Zizian' group?

The radical is reportedly comprised of students who studied artificial quality and machine science. The Zizians are named for LaSota, a machine engineer, who goes by the nickname “Ziz.”

Federal investigators are looking into whether Maland's sidesplitting is portion of a bid of deaths linked to the Zizians, a fringe online community.

In summation to Maland’s decease successful Vermont, constabulary are investigating whether the cult is down a California landlord being stabbed with a Samurai sword and different crimes. Authorities described the Zizians arsenic a “death cult.”

Who is ‘Zizian’ subordinate Jack LaSota?

The Associated Press reported that LaSota uses she/her pronouns and says successful her writings that she is simply a transgender woman. LaSota reportedly railed against perceived enemies successful writings, including alleged rationalist groups, which run mostly online and question to recognize quality cognition done crushed and knowledge.

Police judge that LaSota faked her decease successful 2022 and is present wanted successful 2 states, according to the media site Open Vallejo. The tract reported LaSota was detained by constabulary aft a stabbing decease successful Northern California.

LaSota’s attorney, Daniel McGarrigle, declined to remark erstwhile asked whether LaSota is connected to immoderate of the deaths. Before LaSota’s play arrest, LaSota missed tribunal appearances successful 2 states, and seat warrants were issued.

LaSota was ordered held without bail aft appearing successful tribunal connected Tuesday.