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Who is Luigi Mangione, Charged with Murder of United Healthcare CEO?

2024 • 3min • Business • Crime • International • Explainer

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Luigi Mangione has been charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione was arrested on 9th December at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania, about 450 kilometres from New York City, where he shot Thompson. The 26-year-old was in possession of a gun and a document labelled 'motivation and mindset', at the time of his arrest. Mangione's arrest sparked a wave of online attention, with supporters portraying him as an anti-establishment figure. His X handle now has around 2 lakh followers, while the hashtag | FreeLuigi trends on the platform. Additionally, a document that seems to be his manifesto is circulating online. Notably, it quotes revolutionaries like Gandhi, Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr.