In the US state of California has attacked a man apparently targeted a synagogue. At least one Person was killed. There were also several injured. The alleged perpetrator was arrested.
In an attack on a synagogue in the US state of California has been killed, according to official data, at least one Person. It was a hate crime, said the mayor of Poway Steve Vaus, the channel CNN. According to police, several people were also injured.
A man was taken accordingly. He had opened fire in the synagogue “Chabad of Poway” in the San Diego Region, said the local Sheriff. Police were called to shortly before 11.30 PM (local time) to the Jewish house of worship in Poway to the North of the city of San Diego. In the synagogue, apparently a Passover should be-worship is celebrated.
hatred of Jews as a motive?
mayor Vaus said he will assume that the attackers have targeted a synagogue in the crosshairs. “I’ve heard that it’s definitely someone with hatred in his heart, hatred for our Jewish community.” The local station KGTV reported that the Rabbi who had held the worship service, was among the injured.
six months Ago an attacker was shot in the “Tree of Life”synagogue in Pittsburgh, eleven people. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu then spoke of “the most serious anti-Semitic crimes in the history of the United States”. The offender could face, according to the U.S. Department of justice, the death penalty.