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Police arrest obvious chief of cultlike 'Zizian' group linked to a number of killings within the US

By Miles Cooper
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February 17, 2025
Police arrest obvious chief of cultlike 'Zizian' group linked to a number of killings within the US
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Police arrest obvious chief of cultlike 'Zizian' group linked to a number of killings within the US

BOSTON (AP) — The obvious chief of a cultlike group generally known as the Zizians has been arrested in Maryland together with one other member of the group, Maryland State Police stated Monday.

Jack Lasota, 34, was arrested Sunday together with Michelle Zajko, 33, of Media, Pennsylvania. They face a number of expenses together with trespassing, obstructing and hindering and possession of a handgun within the automobile.

A bail listening to for the the 2 is scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Allegany District Courtroom.

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The Zizians have been tied to the killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland close to the Canadian border in January and 5 different homicides in Vermont, Pennsylvania and California.

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Maland, 44, was killed in a Jan. 20 shootout following a site visitors cease in Coventry, Vermont, a small city about 20 miles (32 kilometers) from the Canadian border.

Officers have supplied few particulars of the cross-country investigation, which broke open after the Jan. 20 capturing dying of Maland. Related Press interviews and a overview of court docket data and on-line postings inform the story of how a gaggle of younger, very smart pc scientists, most of them of their 20s and 30s, met on-line, shared anarchist beliefs, and have become more and more violent.

Their objectives aren’t clear, however on-line writings span matters from radical veganism and gender identification to synthetic intelligence.

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On the center of all of it is “Ziz,” who seems to be the chief of the unusual group members who referred to as themselves “Zizians.” She has been seen close to a number of crime scenes and has connections to numerous suspects.

LaSota printed a darkish and typically violent weblog beneath the identify Ziz and, in a single part, described her concept that the 2 hemispheres of the mind may maintain separate values and genders and “often desire to kill each other.”

LaSota, who used she/her pronouns, and in her writings says she is a transgender lady, railed towards perceived enemies, together with so-called rationalist teams, which function largely on-line and search to know human cognition by means of motive and data. Some are involved with the potential risks of synthetic intelligence.

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LaSota, 34, has not responded to a number of Related Press emails in latest weeks, and her legal professional Daniel McGarrigle declined to remark when requested whether or not she is related to any of the deaths. Earlier than her weekend arrest, she missed court docket appearances in two states, and bench warrants have been issued for her arrest.

Reached on Monday, McGarrigle would solely affirm that he has represented LaSota and would not affirm her arrest or any particulars of the newest case.

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