Wednesday, November 3, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section A • Page 5
Nation/World
Disgruntled employee kills seven at Xerox Corp. in Hawaii
The Associated Press
HONOLULU— An employee opened fire at a Xerox Corp. building yesterday, killing seven coworkers before fleeing in a company van, authorities said. Two hours later, the mayor said police had surrounded a suspect.
The seven were found dead at the building on North Nimitz Highway, a few miles from downtown, after the shootings erupted shortly after noon.
"There are seven fatalities in the building, in various areas of the building," said Richard Soo of the city fire department. Ambulance teams that went into the building found a grisly scene, he said.
Police identified the suspect as Byran Uesugi, describing him as a 15-year Xerox employee and customer service engineer. Sam Anoulack, another Xerox employee, said Uesugi had worked in the building for about 10 years.
Honolulu Mayor Jeremy Harris sald police surrounded the suspect as he sat in a vehicle in Makiki Heights, a residential neighborhood northeast of the shooting scene. It was not immediately clear if the van was the same one that was used to flee.
Deputy Police Chief Mike Carvalho said all of the seven victims were men, Xerox employees who were shot on the second floor of the two-story building. No other people were injured.
"It's a shock for all of us," the mayor said. "We have such a safe community with almost no violent crime. To have someone snap like this and murder seven people is just absolutely appalling."
Uesugi was a member of his high school rifle team and had up to 17 weapons registered in his name. "This could have been much, much worse." Harris said.
Another Xerox building, in downtown Honolulu, had been evacuated as a precaution in case the gunman headed that way.
"This is a tragic event," the company said in a statement. "Our foremost concern is for the safety and security of our employees and for the comfort of the families of the victims."
U.S. turns down bin Laden offer
The Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan—Osama bin Laden likely will remain in Afghanistan after the United States rejected an offer by the suspected terrorist to leave for a secret destination, a representative for the ruling Taliban militia said yesterday.
The proposal to resolve the dispute was one of several that apparently are unacceptable to Washington, which is demanding bin Laden be handed to the United States or a third country for trial on charges that he masterminded last year's twin bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa.
The United States has banned trade with or investment in the war-shattered Muslim country, which also faces U.N. sanctions if it does not deliver bin Laden by Nov. 14.
communication with Washington.
The Taliban, wanting to avoid sanctions and shed their pariah state status, have tried to open official lines of
In Washington, a State Department official said yesterday that the United States was willing to resume discussions, not negotiations, with the Taliban concerning U.N. sanctions.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, also expressed regret about reports that the Taliban's supreme leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar, had decided to abandon discussions with the United States.
In a satellite telephone interview from the Taliban headquarters in southern Kandahar, representative Tayyab Aga told The Associated Press that bin Laden probably would stay in Afghanistan, despite an offer to leave for a secret destination that he made in a letter to Omar last weekend.
"It is not acceptable to the United States government that Osama simply leave Afghanistan, so that's"
why we think that now he is not going to leave because it will not benefit the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan or him." Aga said.
Aga said Washington also rejected an offer by bin Laden to have his fate decided by a panel of Islamic clerics from Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia and a third Muslim country.
In addition, the Taliban have offered to continue restricting bin Laden's movements and place him under the supervision of both Taliban and international monitors. Omar, the Taliban leader, blamed Washington for the dispute.
"Before, the United States said Afghanistan should get rid of bin Laden, and now Osama himself says he is ready to leave Afghanistan, but America says it is not enough," Omar said in a statement "carried Tuesday on Taliban-run Radio Shariat.
"It is unfair and shows that it is not Osama that America is afraid of, but it is Islam." he said.
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