Minneapolis school shooting: What is Cyrillic alphabet, used by Robin Westman in his disturbing manifesto?
Posted on: Aug 28, 2025 11:34 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
shivery young inside information ar existence revealed about Minneapolis shooter Robin Westman, including the fact that videos he posted before the attack showed a journal written in what appears to be Cyrillic characters. Much of what he wrote in his disturbing manifesto was in Cyrillic, including a part where he wrote about what he wanted to wear for "my shooting."
Westman carried out a mass shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis on Wednesday, August 27. Two children, aged 8 and 10, were killed when Westman opened fire at Annunciation Catholic School during a church service. Many others were injured.
Cyrillic alphabet is a writing system that was developed in the 9th–10th century CE for Slavic-speaking people of the Eastern Orthodox faith. The website added, “It is currently used exclusively or as one of several alphabets for more than 50 languages, notably Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Montenegrin (spoken in Montenegro; also called Serbian), Russian, Serbian, Tajik (a dialect of Persian), Turkmen, Ukrainian, and Uzbek.”
According to PBS, the Cyrillic alphabet was named after St. Cyril, even though there are some doubts about whether or not he invented the alphabet. The website added, “Cyril was a Greek monk who, with Methodius, brought written language to Christian converts in the mid-9th century (c.860) in what is now Russia. The Cyrillic alphabet is closely based on the Greek alphabet, with about a dozen additional letters invented to represent Slavic sounds not found in Greek.”
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Part of what Westman wrote in his manifesto in Cyrillic, which was translated by the New York Post, read, "I don't want to dress girly all the time but I guess sometimes I really like it. I know I am not a woman but I definitely don't feel like a man … I really like my outfit.”
"I look pretty, smart and modest. I think I want to wear something like this for my shooting," added the 23-year-old, who identified as a transgender woman. "I hate my face. I hate when I can see it. I don't want to be seen."
The principal of the Annunciation Catholic School and Church revealed that older students protected younger kids during the shooting. Principal Matthew DeBoer wept as he recounted the attack, saying, “We lost two angels today.”
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"Please pray, and don't stop with your words," he added. "This can never, ever happen again.
“I love you,” DeBoer told the victims and their families. “You’re so brave, and I’m so sorry this happened to us today.”
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