Texas gunman's mom: I had no idea

The mother of one of the suspected gunmen involved in a planned attack on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas, US, says she had no idea her son would turn to violence. 

The Dallas Morning News reported that Sharon Soofi, the mother of suspected gunman Nadir Soofi, as saying her son was raised "in a normal American fashion" and was "very politically involved with the Middle East”. 

She said she doesn't know if "something snapped". 

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