FBI probes car-ramming at Detroit-area synagogue as targeted violence against Jews
TL;DR
The FBI is investigating a car-ramming attack at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan, treated as a targeted act of violence against the Jewish community; the driver, Ayman Ghazali, was killed after temple security stopped the assault and a fire started inside the building, with a preschool in session but no children harmed, as investigators probe motives amid regional conflict and Ghazali’s family ties to Lebanon and Hezbollah.
- What we know about the car ramming attack on a Michigan synagogue NBC News
- Michigan synagogue attack updates: Temple Israel suspect identified; FBI investigating as 'targeted act of violence against the Jewish community' Yahoo
- Michigan synagogue and Virginia university shootings: What we know Al Jazeera
- Man who rammed his vehicle into Michigan synagogue was naturalized citizen from Lebanon, DHS says AP News
- Temple Israel synagogue shooter's family recently killed in air strike The Detroit News
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