Michigan synagogue attack was 'hate, plain and simple', says governor
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer condemned an incident at Temple Israel near Detroit as antisemitism after a vehicle was intentionally driven into the synagogue on Thursday. The FBI is investigating the event as a targeted act of violence, though the motive is currently unclear.
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- Mar 13
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FBI is leading this investigation as a targeted act of violence against the Jewish community.
The suspect, identified as Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, drove 'with purpose down the hall of the building'.
The Jewish community suffers ten times the number of hate crimes than any other community in this country.
A suspect drove a vehicle into a Michigan synagogue complex.
Security guards killed the driver before he could harm anyone at the synagogue.
Ghazali was a naturalized US citizen who came to the US in 2011.
A vehicle was rammed into a synagogue near Detroit.
A man rammed his vehicle into a synagogue in the Detroit metropolitan area in Michigan on Thursday, before engaging in shooting with law enforcement.
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