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U.S. cyber security firm Cloudflare on Monday said the company will terminate online message board 8chan as its customer after a shooter used the messaging forum just before killing 20 people at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas on Saturday.The shooter is believed to have posted a four-page statement on 8chan, and called the Walmart attack &quot;a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas&quot;.The suspect was officially identified as a 21-year-old white male from Allen, Texas, a Dallas suburb some 650 miles (1,046 km) east of El Paso, which lies along the Rio Grande, across the U.S.-Mexico border from Ciudad Juarez. Citing law enforcement officials, multiple news media reports named the suspect as Patrick Crusius.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/08/04/19/at-least-15-feared-dead-after-shooting-at-walmart-store-in-texas">Gunman kills 20 at Texas Walmart store in latest US mass shooting</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/08/05/19/walmart-to-keep-selling-guns-despite-recent-shootings-at-its-stores">Walmart to keep selling guns despite recent shootings at its stores</a></li></ul>The suspect&#x27;s post on 8chan expressed support for the gunman who killed 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in March.&quot;We just sent a notice that we are terminating 8chan as a customer effective at midnight tonight Pacific Time,&quot; Cloudflare Chief Executive Officer Matthew Prince said in a <a href="http://bit.ly/2GMBGOa" target="_blank">blog post</a>.&quot;Based on evidence we&#x27;ve seen, it appears that he (gunman)posted a screed to the site immediately before beginning his terrifying attack on the El Paso Walmart killing 20 people,&quot; Prince said.The CEO&#x27;s blog added that while 8chan did not violate law by not moderating the &quot;hate-filled&quot; content posted by its users, it has &quot;created an environment that revels in violating its spirit&quot;.

U.S. cyber security firm Cloudflare on Monday said the company will terminate online message board 8chan as its customer after a shooter used the messaging forum just before killing 20 people at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas on Saturday.

U.S. cyber security firm Cloudflare on Monday said the company will terminate online message board 8chan as its customer after a shooter used the messaging forum just before killing 20 people at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas on Saturday.